<![CDATA[it's especially funny seeing the "aren't you worried about getting left behind?" argument about AI, speaking as a retrotech person.]]>it's especially funny seeing the "aren't you worried about getting left behind?" argument about AI, speaking as a retrotech person.

Like, come on. I'm still writing software for DOS and Windows 95. What even is "behind" at this point?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/fe6b65d5-4748-4180-aeca-0d93a8f4159d/it-s-especially-funny-seeing-the-aren-t-you-worried-about-getting-left-behind-argument-about-ai-speaking-as-a-retrotech-person.RSS for NodeFri, 05 Jun 2026 14:25:52 GMTSun, 31 May 2026 19:48:29 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to it's especially funny seeing the "aren't you worried about getting left behind?" argument about AI, speaking as a retrotech person. on Sun, 31 May 2026 20:28:29 GMT]]>@pikhq @foone everyone still seems to be wanting applicants to have experience with the new garbage

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/c0dec0dec0de/statuses/116671074079269972https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/c0dec0dec0de/statuses/116671074079269972Sun, 31 May 2026 20:28:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to it's especially funny seeing the "aren't you worried about getting left behind?" argument about AI, speaking as a retrotech person. on Sun, 31 May 2026 20:25:35 GMT]]>@foone the only concerning thing is if i can get a job without making extensive use of that particular new hotness, but some things are bad enough that maybe it's better finding some new career

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.treehouse.systems/users/pikhq/statuses/116671062732360262https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.treehouse.systems/users/pikhq/statuses/116671062732360262Sun, 31 May 2026 20:25:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to it's especially funny seeing the "aren't you worried about getting left behind?" argument about AI, speaking as a retrotech person. on Sun, 31 May 2026 20:20:28 GMT]]>@foone@digipres.club And given where we're apparently going, it's best to be left behind anyhow.
]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://foostang.xyz/mrfoostang/p/1780258828.853227https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://foostang.xyz/mrfoostang/p/1780258828.853227Sun, 31 May 2026 20:20:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to it's especially funny seeing the "aren't you worried about getting left behind?" argument about AI, speaking as a retrotech person. on Sun, 31 May 2026 20:16:14 GMT]]>@Stepland @foone is this the new "someone asked the same question as me on stack overflow, oh wait this is my post"

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://shelter.moe/users/Sunseille/statuses/116671025943346462https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://shelter.moe/users/Sunseille/statuses/116671025943346462Sun, 31 May 2026 20:16:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to it's especially funny seeing the "aren't you worried about getting left behind?" argument about AI, speaking as a retrotech person. on Sun, 31 May 2026 20:15:30 GMT]]>@eniko @foone It amazes me how little people seem to value things that just keep working and will not need you to waste a ton of time compensating for all the bit-rot since the last time you touched it.

That's one of the reasons C is still my go-to language, for all its warts, and I'm extremely wary of picking up unnecessary dependencies.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/swetland/statuses/116671023073548828https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/swetland/statuses/116671023073548828Sun, 31 May 2026 20:15:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to it's especially funny seeing the "aren't you worried about getting left behind?" argument about AI, speaking as a retrotech person. on Sun, 31 May 2026 20:14:52 GMT]]>@foone
There's a rapture analogy they're trying to make, but man all my friends are going to still be here after the AI rapture. The left behind group are the *cool kids.*

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://furs.social/users/heathen_cat/statuses/116671020574891195https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://furs.social/users/heathen_cat/statuses/116671020574891195Sun, 31 May 2026 20:14:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to it's especially funny seeing the "aren't you worried about getting left behind?" argument about AI, speaking as a retrotech person. on Sun, 31 May 2026 20:14:49 GMT]]>@eniko @foone
It all reinforces my decision[1] to focus on an old language that can be held entirely in ones own head.

[1]Well, my AuDHD chose for me but the point stands....

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tech.lgbt/users/kirtai/statuses/116671020363102792https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tech.lgbt/users/kirtai/statuses/116671020363102792Sun, 31 May 2026 20:14:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to it's especially funny seeing the "aren't you worried about getting left behind?" argument about AI, speaking as a retrotech person. on Sun, 31 May 2026 20:12:31 GMT]]>@foone it's such an enterprise brained thing to say. The type of thing you'd imagine someone who switches frameworks to make websites every couple years because there's a hot new thing that's different from the old thing and you wouldn't wanna be left behind do you? Meanwhile the 6 old things still all work fine actually

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/eniko/statuses/116671011326613090https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/eniko/statuses/116671011326613090Sun, 31 May 2026 20:12:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to it's especially funny seeing the "aren't you worried about getting left behind?" argument about AI, speaking as a retrotech person. on Sun, 31 May 2026 20:08:25 GMT]]>@foone the goal is to go so obscure the only piece of information online about the system you're trying to write software for is a 12 minute video filmed by a retired autistic person shot under piss-yellow lighting with no editing or commentary whatsoever

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mamot.fr/users/Stepland/statuses/116670995170593696https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mamot.fr/users/Stepland/statuses/116670995170593696Sun, 31 May 2026 20:08:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to it's especially funny seeing the "aren't you worried about getting left behind?" argument about AI, speaking as a retrotech person. on Sun, 31 May 2026 20:01:05 GMT]]>@sif @foone *nod* deterministic code generation is good, actually

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://bikeshed.vibber.net/users/brooke/statuses/116670966351671506https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://bikeshed.vibber.net/users/brooke/statuses/116670966351671506Sun, 31 May 2026 20:01:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to it's especially funny seeing the "aren't you worried about getting left behind?" argument about AI, speaking as a retrotech person. on Sun, 31 May 2026 19:58:44 GMT]]>@foone I’m excited about using APIs people left behind 30 years ago. Looking at you, QuickDraw GX Collection Manager (which is actually a super handy API if you’re on System 7.1 or greater)

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/chrisgervais/statuses/116670957097605906https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/chrisgervais/statuses/116670957097605906Sun, 31 May 2026 19:58:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to it's especially funny seeing the "aren't you worried about getting left behind?" argument about AI, speaking as a retrotech person. on Sun, 31 May 2026 19:54:16 GMT]]>@foone If by "left behind" they mean possessing an undamaged neural network capable of engineering or creating anything at all, sign me up!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/suzannealdrich/statuses/116670939532058508https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/suzannealdrich/statuses/116670939532058508Sun, 31 May 2026 19:54:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to it's especially funny seeing the "aren't you worried about getting left behind?" argument about AI, speaking as a retrotech person. on Sun, 31 May 2026 19:53:40 GMT]]>@foone behind is where the butt is!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://eldritch.cafe/users/lykrast/statuses/116670937226064766https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://eldritch.cafe/users/lykrast/statuses/116670937226064766Sun, 31 May 2026 19:53:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to it's especially funny seeing the "aren't you worried about getting left behind?" argument about AI, speaking as a retrotech person. on Sun, 31 May 2026 19:53:06 GMT]]>@foone I'm not concerned about being left behind, but I do worry about the people who are going whole-hog into outsourcing their cognitive capacity to a venture-capital backed bubble economy. I think a lot of them are going to be in for a rough shock when the prices go up by an order of magnitude and many of the vendors stop updating their models.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://bikeshed.vibber.net/users/brooke/statuses/116670934972421767https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://bikeshed.vibber.net/users/brooke/statuses/116670934972421767Sun, 31 May 2026 19:53:06 GMT