"It's called vibe plumbing.

[retreival9096@hachyderm.io]

@paco

Alas, I can say from experience that all these twisty pipes are becoming brittle, because PVC does not like UV light. Eventually when you try to work on them to clean up this mess, they will split in places you thought you were going to keep.

When we bought our house we inherited an (illegal) backyard well plumbed a bit nicer than this. The previous owner was a wonderful cabinet maker (which we appreciate every day), but a horrible electrician (which we regret occasionally), and unwise plumber (which we also regret occasionally).

Our first clue was the day we moved in. He was finishing up cleaning sawdust out of his "six car garage" (actually, his big cabinetry workspace not allowed under zoning laws), and said "Stay away from that outlet over there. It blew up this morning, and I'm not sure how to turn it off."

[tidalflats@mastodon.coffee]

@paco
I've done a fair amount of PVC work and this photo is going to give me nightmares.
My favorite part, though, are the drips and splashes of purple primer *everywhere*. There's even a big patch on one of the sand filters. A sure sign of careful craftsmanship.

[jackemled@furry.engineer]

@paco How does this even happen?

[mk30@regenerate.social]

@paco @deepmud my heart rate started to go up as soon as I looked at this. I just hope this is an AI-generated image because that would be better than a real person having this in their yard.

[mrgrumpymonkey@mastodon.social]

@paco Whatever this contraption is, it reminds me of those puzzles you'd find in a first person 3D Puzzle adventure. There must be an object that I need to find in there to progress through the level.

[murdoc@autistics.life]

@paco
"The more they overtake the plumbing, the easier it is to stop up the drain."
- M. Scott, Star Trek III
#StarTrek

[clickhere@mastodon.ie]

@paco

Sweet jesus.

Sweet.
Suffering.
Jesus.

[clickhere@mastodon.ie]

@bimmer @paco I sang this.

[paco@infosec.exchange]

@paul_ipv6 If at first you don’t succeed, keep on suckin til ya do succeed.

[paco@infosec.exchange]

@alessandro I can tell sorta WHAT is happening. But I cannot even guess at WHY.

This is the kit for either a large swimming pool or several good-sized pools. I count 3 pumps and 2 sand filters. Pipes coming out of the ground and going into the side of a pump are drains (inputs to the system). They come out the top of the pump, go into the filter, and then go back into the ground. Those are the returns.

This one is weird for other reasons, too. There are clearly some bypass valves (probably for cleaning). It looks like they have T junctions and splitters and stuff so the water from the two pump/filter pairs mix.

But why? Why, lord, why?

[paco@infosec.exchange]

@violetmadder Yeah. That’s what I count. Plus weird junctions to make the water mix?

[alessandro@cosocial.ca]

@paco

Thanks for the background, I don't know much about pools! I was mostly wondering about the length of the pipes - this seems very inefficient. In combustion engines there's an advantage to having each cylinder's exhaust runner be the exact same length, which results in some wacky looking manifolds - but I assume there's no reason to do that with water...

[argonaut@mastodon.social]

@paco @hypebot even a bad plumber does better than “vibecoding”. this—left image—is what the chatbot gives as a properly-wired uk mains plug, which will probably blow the system if plugged. second image is the correct wiring.

“vibecoding” will not make it ugly or weird, it will break it and maim us.

[paco@infosec.exchange]

@Retreival9096 That sounds like quite the adventure. Our house has a FEW things like that leftover from the previous owner. (And maybe a couple added by me?). The guy who sold it to us was named Kirk. So when we run into one of these little gems, we do this. Except we say “Kiiirrrrrk!”