I thought one side effect of running @phpsussex might be more job opportunities for me. Instead, more people ask me if I know of any job opportunities

"Productivity without reflection is just accelerated entropy" https://suckup.de/2025/06/who-survives-in-the-age-of-ai-code/

@bobmagicii wellll if you think about it, in the films human technology keeps advancing (in recent ones we see Predators being around in older human history too) while Predator tech seems to still roughly be the same, so I can imagine one set in the future in which humans are able to fight back. Can still outnumber them if that helps, for all I care

I think it’s about time they made a Predator movie in which humans find the fuckers’ home world and show them who’s boss

Predator: Killer of Killers is pretty good

📢 Did you miss Darren Arbon's and Christopher Miller's talks about transferable skills and burnout last month?

👀 The recording of the session is now available!

https://www.youtube.com/live/CWSbfy1Du90?si=2gkedv01N8QcT-xl

📢 Our next event is up! On Wednesday 11 June, Steve McDougall @juststeveking will show us how to implement the Outbox Pattern in Laravel. There will also be two lightning talks about Drupal's latest and PHPStorm's Junie.

📅 Details and registration 👇

https://www.meetup.com/php-sussex/events/307937030/

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@elazar well, I guess in a way, that’s the goal: I want that new dev to understand the project well enough so, in turn, they could be detailed enough in their explanation to have an LLM complete some tasks for them 😄

I'm currently writing a detailed task description for a new developer that I'm helping onboard. I'm realising as I'm writing it that I could feed that to Cursor and be done in 5 minutes instead.

When to use each OpenAI model https://help.openai.com/en/articles/11165333-chatgpt-enterprise-models-limits

Turns out Rush Hour is still a decent watch

18 years after the last episode aired, I’ve finally watched The Sopranos. The show features many great quotes, but the one that’s stuck with me is this: "Every day’s a gift. But does it have to be a pair of socks?"

@ghorwood that’s all just an excuse to drink more beer, innit

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@imsop hmm you’ve lost me here 😅 I think we agree on the "backend" at large being the difficult part at the moment (I’m saying as much in my thread). I’m just not dismissing the idea that it *could* become automated as well, with generative AI playing a role

@zimzat generative AI is much more than a coding assistant. Most developers have no clue about sales, marketing, etc., which until recently was a big-enough reason to not even try. LLMs can at the very least give you valuable pointers now.

Look, I’m not saying it’s going to be easy, I’m just saying it’s become more accessible 🙂

@zimzat I meant developers launching products on their own. Not saying it’s going to be a mass event, by the way – just that the "doing everything" is becoming much more manageable through generative AI. Hence more developers taking the leap?

@imsop maybe I should have said "vibe coding" instead of "AI-powered tools". I guess I was referring to generative AI at large, which I think has a much better chance of achieving the "no-code promise", i.e. building apps without writing code manually. But yes, I think security, performance and deployment are areas where you still very much need some technical know-how (your point and mine). I wouldn’t be so sure generative AI can’t get there though (e.g. via some MCP integration)

What I foresee is a slow convergence of product professionals who are not afraid of technical challenges and developers with product ideas, forming a new breed of entrepreneurs. These people already existed, but now the barrier to entry on either side is much lower.

To be clear, I take AI-powered tools much more seriously than the original no-code movement. It’s very possible these constraints will vanish in a few years. I’m also careful to stay objective, not indulging in any coping mechanisms because I’m a developer myself.