programming

You can now read “Being a script” in English here (10min read):
https://raphaelbastide.com/etre-script/en.html
#SF #essay #resistingAI #programming

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Would you like to learn the very basics of #programming? I can teach you.

I like to teach #Python in the context of making drawings, if you already know how to program but would like to learn some Python or some #CreativeCoding, I can help! Maybe you know someone who would enjoy this?

Schedule a free chat with me and we can discuss further details like time availability and my rates. All my teaching materials are free and open, but I need income to keep producing them. Some generous people make small recurring donations. https://abav.lugaralgum.com/links

New erlang.org website, looking for contributors

https://github.com/erlang/erlang-org/issues/162

Discussions: https://discu.eu/q/https://github.com/erlang/erlang-org/issues/162

#erlang #programming

Why is Carbon being developed when Google already has Go

https://builtin.com/software-engineering-perspectives/google-carbon

Discussions: https://discu.eu/q/https://builtin.com/software-engineering-perspectives/google-carbon

#golang #programming

To the point of burnout: open source developers annoyed by AI bug reports, by Malte Kirchner:
https://www.heise.de/en/news/To-the-point-of-burnout-open-source-developers-annoyed-by-AI-bug-reports-10195985.html

#programming #opensource

Let it snow! ❄️

I have added snow to my instance during the winter holidays. It's a tiny JS canvas and fades out on scroll down. The snow is also respecting the system accessibility settings, it won't be there if you prefer reduced motion.

Here's the source code for server admins: https://github.com/ronilaukkarinen/mastodon/commit/9bf1563af50842a5f61b34b7cc095fb746e5d15b#diff-5fcd1b6168ec33e0eff0a05fcdeacfab68e261215bbdb719be6b3526173be770
See the snow yourself: https://mementomori.social

#MastoAdmin #Mastodon #JavaScript #Coding #Programming #Snow #Winter #LetItSnow #MementomoriSocial

In the past couple days on LinkedIn I've seen two distinct people declaring that StackOverflow is "dead".

Meanwhile, I use it almost daily and it seems very much alive and still useful, to me.

I smell PR.

#StackOverflow #AI #GenAI #GenerativeAI #astroturf #dev #tech #programming

Programming properly should be regarded as an activity by which the programmers form or achieve a certain kind of insight, a theory, of the matters at hand. This suggestion is in contrast to what appears to be a more common notion, that programming should be regarded as a production of a program and certain other texts.

Peter Naur in Programming As Theory Building, 1985.

A computer program is not source code. It is the combination of source code, related documents, and the mental understanding developed by the people who work with the code and documents regularly. In other words a computer program is a relational structure that necessarily includes human beings.

The output of a generative AI model alone cannot be a computer program in this sense no matter how closely that output resembles the source code part of some future possible computer program. That the output could be developed into a computer program over time, given the appropriate resources to do so, does not make it equivalent to a computer program.

#AI #GenAI #GenerativeAI #LLM #Copilot #AgenticCoding #dev #tech #SoftwareDevelopment #SoftwareEngineering #programming #coding

I'm starting to really like 'vibe coding'...

I've now had several clients come to me to take over projects that another agency was working on because the other agency started using generative AI. Apparently there was a real drop in product quality. I wonder why.

Basically vibe coding is making me money specifically because I'm not using it.

#GenerativeAI #VibeCoding #Programming

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Andy Balaam does in-depth videos about programming in many different languages, especially Rust. You can follow at:

➡️ @andybalaam

There are already over 300 videos uploaded, if these haven't federated to your server yet you can browse them all at https://video.infosec.exchange/a/andybalaam/videos

You can also follow Balaam's general account at @andybalaam@mastodon.social

#FeaturedPeerTube #Programming #Coding #Rust #SoftwareDevelopment #PeerTube #PeerTubers

CSS finally adds vertical centering in 2024 Takahe has limited support for this type: See Original Page

Update II on my Plan of Execution

I've had only one system which was up to specs to do the brunt of the work. I've finally also gotten a computer which has EFI.

It's also older since it has no USB-C however the machine was gifted to me, for which I'm thankful. I need the USB-C though, since important peripherals of mine use that.

It has proper cooling, as you've read in current posts and I've now also got a Raspberri Pi5 so I can play with electronic projects. Its got Debian Linux on it, and I'm typing this toot on the machine, using a fresh 128GB microSD card.
The USB-C port on the SBC seems to be only for power,, since using it as a power pass through does not activate my UCB-C multi function device.

#Hardware #success #miniPC #glory #RaspberryPi #OpenSource #programming #ARM

StackOverflow Usage Plummets as AI Chatbots Rise - Developer Q&A platform StackOverflow appears to be facing an existential crisi... - https://developers.slashdot.org/story/25/01/10/1729248/stackoverflow-usage-plummets-as-ai-chatbots-rise?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #programming

I’m looking for work as a senior software #developer. I have a full-stack #WebDev cert, 16+ years #Perl back-end experience, proficiency in multiple other #programming languages.

Databases? Sure, relational *and* NoSQL. CI/CD? Have done, want to do more. I like working with others, either here in #Houston or remotely across the US.

I’ve been hacking code since the #Commodore PET days. I can certainly delight your customers, whatever your stack.

More here: https://LinkedIn.com/in/mjgardner

#FediHire

Just a reminder, all you have to do to get your Perl #programming posts to appear on the @surf custom feed I created is hashtag them with #Perl

https://surf.social/feed/surf%2Fcustom%2F01jh1482ss1117pgvtx8y4np10

/ @perl

What self-hosted Git forge do people like these days for personal use? (and why? I'm always interested in why)

From what I've seen it sounds like the consensus is Forgejo > Gitea > Gogs, but I would like to know if I'm misreading the situation; or, if there are any other promising up-and-comers.

#Git #programming #OpenSource

Root42 makes retro computing videos, often about repairing Commodore computer hardware or programming for MS-DOS. You can follow at:

➡️ @root_42

There are already over 30 videos published. If they haven't federated to your server yet, you can browse them all at https://makertube.net/a/root_42/videos

You can also follow their non-video account at @root42

#FeaturedPeerTube #RetroComputing #ComputingHistory #Commodore #MSDos #RepairVideos #Programming #PeerTube #PeerTubers

My main mini pc Gigabyte, which came with a under dimensioned CPU / GPU cooler has kicked the bucket...

It's never performed well due to overheating.

Thanks for the Enshittification of hardware Gigabyte.

Now I have no computer anymore and no finances to purchase a new one, in the near future.

I need a computer to do my remote work, so the circle is now broken.

I also use the computer to do my Open Source programming, my hardware & software Research. Another broken circle.

Of course I'm calm and I have a <plan van aanpak NL>

#Hardware #failure #Gigabyte #enshittification #programming #OpenSource

Looks like Swift is going to be expanding its presence to the Social Web

https://forums.swift.org/t/social-media-expansion-to-mastodon-and-bluesky/77999

#SwiftLang #SocialWeb #SocialMedia #Technology #Apple #Developer #Programming

Is everything terrible again? Let's focus on something completely different. Do you write amazing, perfect code on Linux or the BSDs? Well stop reading and get out. For the rest of us, how do we secure our systems? I've put together a survey on Source Code Sandboxing, https://kristaps.bsd.lv/devsecflops, which surveys the practical complexity and uptake of sandbox tools like seccomp, landlock, pledge, and capsicum.

If you've ever interfaced any of the tools I've mentioned, or want to mention another, head on over to https://github.com/kristapsdz/dev_sec_flops and make a pull request.

Enjoy! #Linux #openbsd #freebsd #programming

Nowadays programming in a programming language I don't use daily seems to always require an upgrade cascade of editors, tools, plugins, dependencies, libraries, my DNA, ??? I put some effort into keeping my environment static but all it takes is one autoupgrading thing I missed to kick off one of these cascades, and it feels like whack-a-mole trying to find and lock down every possible cause. This time it looks like a newer version of scala metals might have stopped supporting Java 11 and somehow got updated without my knowledge (maybe? I'm guessing).

P.S. This is not an invitation to post critiques about any of these technologies or recommendations about what I should be doing instead.

#scala #dev #tech #SoftwareDevelopment #coding #programming