Thanks, it’s interesting to read your thoughts on this.

If you were a Jr entering the job market now, and have management encouraging vibe coding because they want quick results, how would you go about getting the experience and building the right skillset?

why would I hire someone at all?

AI doesn’t get everything right, and you need someone capable of validating that and pivoting it in the right direction. But also AI cannot currently do everything, so you need someone to fill those areas. Where I work there is a push to engage with AI more, probably to train it.

So why would I hire you over anyone else?

This is like any other job really, people aren’t hired based purely on their skillset, but other factors too such as their capability to learn, their personality, will they mesh well with the existing team, have they got drive to make things better, do they have soft skills to position themselves to become better, is the person adaptable - are they able to use new technology to their advantage or are they stubborn and stuck in their old ways?

I want to be in a position to know and understand all the fundamentals, but is the bar for what is considered fundamental shifting? Once upon a time those who were writing low level code would have said what they do are the fundamentals, but as time went on we got new levels of coding and so knowing how to write low level code is no longer a required skill.

Apologies if I’ve misunderstood what you’re trying to say. But thanks for responding, these kinds of discussions are helpful.

I’ve been a Jr coming up to two years. When working on tasks I have a rough idea of what I want to achieve and some steps on the way there, but don’t know how to actually implement it. I’ve found using copilot useful to fill in some of the gaps and give me ideas and direction.

I’m concerned that there are skills I am missing out on developing, but at the same time if AI is being pushed so heavily is it not something I should lean into to be better equipped in working with it?

Don’t associate microwaves with AI… The microwave has very viable uses!

I usually chuck a potato in the microwave for like a few minutes before finishing it off in the air fryer. Get that fluffy inside and crispy outside in less than 30 mins, whereas oven cooking it in foil would take an hour plus. Same results but quicker.

If I’m hyper critical of anything the AI puts out, not accepting it as gospel and turn whatever crap it gives me into a working solution, is that vibe coding as well?

Using uBO, but have noticed a slightly longer delay of a few seconds between hitting play and the video starting, but I can deal with that over being forced to watch 30s of ads.

Just been to see this. Some bits were entertaining, but some bits were unnecessarily stupid:

• One guy setting his foot on fire to kick Eve as if it gives +5 fire damage.

• “I’m not going in there, it’s John Wick, it’s suicide” - Random henchman 1, “He’s just one man” - Random henchman 2, Both proceed to run in and instantly die

• And the biggest annoyance was how so many of the henchmen had guns but insisted on trying to engage in a fist fight.

I’d probably watch the film again a few years from now, but I’d likely be second-screening it.

Let’s hope he’s got the moves

I find it interesting that they have two different actors playing Clark and Superman.

Fortunately I’m not invested in the MCU as much as I once was. Probably worth chucking the spoiler in some spoiler tags though?

Actually maybe not? At this point I don’t know…

Strange that they include Kraven Hunter in the list but not Madame Web which had a greater loss of like $100m?

Watched this film last night with my other half. Before starting I asked what they thought would be the movie out of 5, they said 2.5, I said 3.5.

Secretly I was hoping it would be higher given there was association to the creator of The Raid and The Raid Redemption. Going in I was expecting minimal story with a ton of gory action, and some awesome choreography.

The first car chase scene was a dark, fuzzy, shaky mess with what definitely looked like poor CGI. It was giving me a bit of nostalgia from back when I used to play Max Payne.

Following action sequences were also all shaky cut cam, which really puts me off as you know the choreography is just not great. Where was the clean hard hitting action we would see from the likes of The Raid?

Story wise it met my expectations, a loose plot and helps drive the action sequences forward, but presenting me with a bunch of characters I just didn’t care about.

I think my partner got the guess right, 2.5.

I had read the article, but thought I’d put my guess out to create discussion 🙂

I’m guessing Sydney would be playing Zoe, are we going to have a cringe British accent from her?

Watched Paddington in Peru. Definitely the weakest of the films and was jarring that Mrs Brown was a different actress. It still had its wholesome moments though.

I imagine it varies between countries. In the UK I would say I’m happy for laughter, and the odd gasp. Anything more such as cheering, singing or clapping is not on to me personally.

I was discussing this with a friend, I said I was excited but cautious because Leto hasn’t been a main character in a good movie in a very long time. He said Leto his ups and downs, but when thinking about it he said he realised the last good film Leto was in as a main character was Dallas Buyers Club…12 years ago.

If anything we should get a good soundtrack from this movie.

Yes

I’m surprised by how many comments are taking an optimistic look at these less than good screenings. Especially given the current state of comic book movies.

Lots of people have superhero fatigue, and I believe some of it is down to poor writing on the MCU side. When the MCU first took off the quips and little jokes would get a chuckle, but as time went on they became expected, and generated groans.

My concern with Gunn is his comic book films always have the same feel to them, trying to be serious while also leaning on the side of humour, and throwing lots of characters into the mix. I didn’t enjoy any of his comic book films except for the first GotG, however the Peacemaker TV show was great. I wonder if his style isn’t suited for the current cinematic climate?

I didn’t, but should I ever feel the need to try it I have already watched the tutorial video.