This. A thousand times this. This blog post barely scratches the surface. I've just spent an entire working day just getting my project back to where it was this morning. A whole day with no progress, I should be fired.
My job is fucking insane, and I'm starting to hate every minute of it.

https://0x1.pt/2025/04/06/the-insanity-of-being-a-software-engineer/

It's great being super technical and going deep into a language or concept…

But just being technical is only going to take you so far...

The good news is you already have the skills and traits to build your relationships and communication skills - two things that will have a profound impact on your career as a software engineer.

I'm going to see if I can make a bloody sandwich without triggering build errors or package downgrade warnings.

One of the greatest joys in computer programming is discovering a new, faster, more efficient algorithm for doing something — particularly if a lot of well-respected people have come up with worse solutions.

-- Danny Hillis

"Why the Post Office paid £600m to stay shackled to the faulty Horizon system

Not owning crucial code has meant it has been unable to replace the system that led to a scandal."

https://mastodonapp.uk/@bbcnewsfeed/114396836811334976

A multi-national distributor & manufacturer I'm currently porting a system for has done exactly this. They don't know from where, in their colossal finance & ops data warehouse, the exact data for this system comes from and they don't have the code. Dumb mistake.

Bet on systems, not sparks

https://www.joanwestenberg.com/bet-on-systems-not-sparks/

If I could block Jira from accepting any bug report that contained the phrase "has issues" anywhere, I would.

Learn how to write a good goddamned bug report. If it didn't "have issues" there wouldn't be a need of a report.

Clearly state the expected and actual behaviors.

Be mindful of what you make easy

https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2025/be-mindful-of-what-you-make-easy/

Every time I read about current tech, it makes me mad at work. Modern standards and best practices make life easier and that seems to be why we don't do them.

The more you learn, the less you know…

When you learn something new…

You realise there is even more stuff you don’t know…

But remind yourself…

It doesn’t mean you know less than you did…

You’re just more aware of what you don’t know…

It’s far better to know you don’t know something than not to know you don’t know…

The efficiency of the code decreases with an increase in the number of people working on the program. The most efficient programs are written by a single person.

-- Charles Simonyi

What are you planning to do this weekend to positively impact your wellbeing?

Last week, I went for a walk for just over 50 minutes, and a little later, I spent just over 50 minutes in the gym.

It wasn’t the most intense workout I’ve ever had, but it was decent.

Which do you think burnt more calories?

As a 25-year-career software developer, I just wanna give a shout out to the one (1) tool I regularly use that hasn't enshittified: https://lipsum.com! Lipsum—when you want 100 fake words but don't want to burn the world using an AI that can't even count!

Does anyone use #gvim rather than #vim or a GUI for #neovim?

I've been looking at it but it seems like it would get in the way to me. Almost like it doesn't fit like its a weird place between terminal based development and using a gui IDE. Especially since terminal emulators now can do a lot more like italics and true color support, etc.

Said this to a colleague in work Slack just now:

"I do have to say (if we can pause to pat ourselves on the back here) that I think you and I (and [x]) have done a really good job at designing things to be simple, only adding complexity when really necessary, and also fighting like hell to *avoid* adding complexity."

I've decided to start preparing for a career change. I've been working as a developer for about 6 years now and I used to really enjoy it but now I am pretty much just reviewing gpt code from vibe coding colleagues and it has sucked all the fun out of the job.

I always enjoyed the process of making software and solving problems. Now it's all just copilots and LLM assistants great for technological advancements and productivity but pretty boring.

AI has kinda ruined everything digital for me so I'm going to try to move into a more outdoorsy role. Gardening or something.

How AI will change software engineering
https://leaddev.com/career-development/how-ai-will-change-software-engineering
#aiml #software #softwaredevelopment #developers

Working fully remote is great, but starting a new fully remote role can be really difficult...

What can you do as an engineer to make this easier for yourself?

What can companies do to make this easier for you?

Great example when software/data engineering lack of skills will cost you dozens thousands dollars on a few clicks in #Cloud. Senior #Data Engineer in undisclosed company changed Cloud Storage Lifecycle Policy and caused 600 milion files from Standard Storage to Tier 2 Archive, which caused cost about $60k. Those fancy hidden costs in cloud. BTW this is hidden in Google cost calculator under advanced section. #dataengineering #Software #softwaredevelopment