How does software engineering in IT looks as of May 2026?

[pepverbsnouns@mastodon.art]

@nixCraft Two privilege escalation bugs in the Linux kernel publicized within the same month? Could affect software engineering tangentially at least.

[eickot@mastodon.social]

@nixCraft yes, in spain you cannot access github (and a lot of other sites) any day that there is a match of "La Liga"

[n1@fosstodon.org]

@nixCraft My favourite one that I hear a lot "Just ask AI...." when a task needs to be done.

[drahardja@sfba.social]

@nixCraft @ghalldev Every manager grinning and saying “I LOVE AI HA HA HA” in every company meeting like they have a gun to their head

[xorlou@lgbtqia.space]

@nixCraft I'm really tired of it

[microfractal@mathstodon.xyz]

@nixCraft This is simply not what I understand under pure software engineering. It's software engineering with extra bloat, slop and complicated Big Tech dependencies that cause a bunch of extra problems.

[worik@mastodon.social]

@PepVerbsNouns @nixCraft

High quality (ancient) vulnerabilities found in system software...

[mbpaz@mas.to]

@nixCraft

- intellectual property theft is still illegal and harshly prosecuted if done by a human, but accepted in practice if a software program does it.

[bootlessbuck@mastodon.social]

@nixCraft and they want us to like AI and promote it. The cons have far outweighed the pros. Search is marginally easier, but it also makes things up. Even the good is only good sometimes. Everything else is worse.

I don’t know how this bubble stays in tact. It should have popped 6+ months ago.

[raymaccarthy@mastodon.ie]

@nixCraft
Still not making money for vendors.
In reality no saving for users, at same quality, actually increased cost.

[john_ligher@urusai.social]

@n1 @nixCraft a true classic reply I also hear too many times nowadays..

[faro49@mastodon.social]

@nixCraft Google is doing like that husband who cut off his sexual attributes to spite his wife.

[sunz@social.translunar.academy]

@nixCraft i think you missed the incomprehensible "productivity" gains that *totally* aren't based on pure vibes

[slotos@toot.community]

@nixCraft Doing BDD by hand and referring to my retirement savings as „euthanasia fund”.

Same old, same old.

[boombastic@social.outhill.cc]

@nixCraft I love how the poisoned vs code extension name is prominently displayed

[renardboy@mastodon.social]

@nixCraft

[linkachus17@furry.engineer]

@nixCraft Accurate

[crazyeddie@mastodon.social]

@nixCraft I've been working my ass off outside for 1/3 the money and sometimes I hate it but mostly it feels great.

Except for the excruciating pain it's great.

Hard labor and spondy don't mix very well but so far I'm managing it. I'm 50 and I haven't put in like this since I was 24 so I'm only able to do half a day but I'm building up.

Fuck it. Maybe letting AI write all that stupid shit is fine. Nobody actually wanted my expertise anyway. They just wanted a program they could hawk.

[utf_7@mastodon.social]

@nixCraft

>github hacked and all code is available for sale

so i can finally release the stuff i made at my employer to flex at new job interviews? asking for a friend

[utf_7@mastodon.social]

@georgeandrew @nixCraft

how about no