Brandon Kindred

@cachemiss_2 @thesayannayak That's an org failure. Those orgs have the same outcome no matter what language they use. I've seen the same story with most mainstream languages too. I agree about the dwindling talent pool. It's really too bad because it's an incredibly useful language.

@brandonkindred @thesayannayak Yeah for sure, I’ve been there as well, but unless you have really tight controls (most companies don’t) then the more than on way to do it benefit becomes a massive inconsistency jsshe, huge cognitive load, and then the talent pool is dwindling at best. Near extinct at worse.

What’s the worst programming language you’ve ever used ?

@cachemiss_2 @thesayannayak Perl is great and I've worked at companies where it was the backbone of their product. It definitely works at scale it you use it right

@thesayannayak Hmmm tough to say this because it’s a great language but totally breaks at organizations scale, and that is PERL

@Tugrul_Guner @thesayannayak Oh come on, LISP is fun once you get past all the parentheses

@thesayannayak LISP

@thesayannayak MUMPS and MAGIC. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MUMPS

@Samaytwt Both. If you're using just one model your results aren't going to be as good

Be honest. As a developer, which one is worth it for coding? - GPT-5.5 - Claude Opus 4.7

@Gangadhar_P @Tazerface16 I think we can all agree that thinking isn't a high dimensional mathematical equation that hits every neuron so that it can produce the next most likely word.

You need a good definition of "thinking" here. If a problem requires reasoning, and an LLM does the reasoning in a way you can actually verify step by step — what would you call that, if not reasoning? Is "thinking" a process, or is it a human thing you want to keep for humans? Be specific, otherwise you're just being pedantic instead of practical.

People understand that LLMs aren't actually "thinking," right?

@yashhq_22 Are you kidding? I'm a script kiddie from the 90s. I do almost everything for the lulz. Here's my latest funtime project. Can agentic teams be amazing? Let's find out! github.com/brandonkindred…

Be honest: do you really enjoy building or are you doing it just for the money?

Look what I found while sifting through a bunch of my old stuff! We've come so far since this was the standard mode of software delivery. #Throwback

@plainionist Yup. I think it's still very important for engineers to know and understand. Doubly so now that AI is writing code

Serious question: Do you still recommend Clean Code to junior developers? 🤔

Alright everyone...it's the end of the week and this is your PSA letting you know that it's time to unplug and go touch some grass.

@zuess05 Well for one, Claude writes code at a Junior level. I guess you would have to be a senior engineer to know that though. Hope this helps.

I am actually curious. If junior devs are using Claude to write code at a senior level... And senior devs are using Claude to write code at a senior level... What exactly is the difference between the two roles right now, other than a $100k gap in salary?

@aryanlabde Do you not know any prospective users?

Worst part about building solo: you ship something genuinely useful and nobody sees it.

@Tech_girlll 🤣 same same

@brandonkindred You mean Google? 😂

STOP ASKING CLAUDE THINGS YOU CAN GOOGLE. STOP ASKING CLAUDE THINGS YOU CAN GOOGLE. STOP ASKING CLAUDE THINGS YOU CAN GOOGLE.

@javarevisited Oof. You spent years learning syntax? There are like 13 concepts and less than a dozen syntax rules for each language. It's not hard. If you're spending years learning syntax you should probably look for a different field.

Serious question. We spent years memorizing syntax. Now AI writes perfect syntax. Should we have been learning something else all along?

If they can't list anyone for #1, then don't bother with #2. If you get through both, you probably found your person.

Struggling with finding talent? Let me put you onto a quick technique to tell if you are talking to someone that's worth considering. 2 simple questions 1. Tell me about 3 leaders in the field that you admire and why. 2. What's one thing that you disagree with each of them on?

@tdevbaldy @jdegoes Probably because it's not like a hammer. Its more like a chainsaw.

@jdegoes Vibe coding isn’t meant for big scale stuff tbh. Why are you guys so anti vibe coding. It’s not important to understand how a hammer is made in order to use it.

Anthropic is deeply incompetent at building software that works reliably. Their users would be happier if they focused on the model and outsourced the tooling to engineers who go beyond 'vibe coding'.

@zuess05 Wait... Do you think that coding is the hardest part of software engineering?

We spent the last decade treating software engineering like some elite, highly complex art form. Now random teenagers are copy-pasting entire SaaS platforms out of Claude on a Tuesday morning. What happens to our entire identity when our hardest skill becomes a cheap commodity?

@italojsoliveira @asaio87 🤣 That's not really how and if this works. They certainly think that's the case though and they've opted to not actively learn how to do useful things.

@brandonkindred @asaio87 Yes, but before, the non-active learners had to learn enough to do something useful. Now, they can just press a button.

harsh truth: AI will make developers dumber in the long run.