Trump’s been a Mussolini Guy since the 1980s. This isn’t dementia speaking. It’s a core conviction he’s had for his entire adult life.

They don’t call it the The Immortal Science for nothin’

Blue states need to just form their own coalition for natural disaster responses.

That would require raising taxes and hiring more public staff, which neoliberal mayors and governors have been absolutely allergic to since Clinton.

California’s status as World’s Seventh Largest Economy matters less when they’ve the population of Canada but with 30% less state income. That, plus these states don’t control their own currency. It would be a dozen liberal Argentinas in practice.

Modem Holocaust complete with an industrial scale cover up.

We’re going to be reading history books written by Israelis in US classrooms that tell all about their glorious war of liberation in another ten years.

It’s a modest bedroom, small living room, and a kitchen.

You can fit in a smaller space. I wouldn’t say you can live in it. 300ft is barely a hotel room.

There is almost no ability to move up in any position in the industry

Change jobs every three years until you find a place that doesn’t suck.

The insanity of the industry is that employers will hire some schmuck with “10 years experience” on their resume for twice what they’re paying the guy who has worked at the firm for ten years.

Eventually, you can get yourself into a position where you’re unfireable, because you are the only one who knows about the secret button that keeps the whole business from falling over.

That’s when you can really squeeze’m

There’s an old story about the lead developer at Texas Instruments saying “I want a computer that fits in my pocket”. And then his staff dutifully measured the pocket to spec before proceeding to perform a feat of miniaturization that would revolutionize the modern world.

I’m trying to imagine one of the techies, from way out in the back, saying “Does it have to get the right answer?” Then getting fired, walking off the job, and walking into Microsoft with 10x the salary the next day.

Wait till you find out about medical bills

The only thing I love more than Vibes Coding is Vibes Management.

You get a meeting! You get a meeting! Everyone! Gets! A! Meeting!!!

I mean, its hardly unique to SV or to the Tech Sector broadly speaking. One of the biggest challenges I’ve seen down in Texas is teachers earning enough money to live in their (comparatively much cheaper than California) school districts.

But I gotta say, I was earning $48k back in 2006 way out in the Houston 'burbs and it was a tight squeeze. Nothing has improved. “Just earn less” doesn’t work when you’re bumping up against a bunch of landlords and lenders saying “Fuck you, pay me more”.

Try a $48-64k job and get some experience.

Try renting an apartment in Silicon Valley with a $48k/year paycheck in your pocket.

The starting salaries justified the crazy cost-of-living in a city that wanted $5000/mo for 800 sqft. Now the question becomes how you afford to get the experience in a job that pays below the regional pricetag.

Obviously, the problem is that you’re asking the wrong questions. The AI is infallible. We just need to get the end user to accept that sometimes 2+2 = 5. Just depends on what Big Brother tells you.

It is not useless. You should absolutely continue to vibes code. Don’t let a professional get involved at the ground floor. Don’t inhouse a professional staff.

Please continue paying me $200/hr for months on end debugging your Baby’s First Web App tier coding project long after anyone else can salvage it.

And don’t forget to tell your investors how smart you are by Vibes Coding! That’s the most important part. Secure! That! Series! B! Go public! Get yourself a billion dollar valuation on these projects!

Keep me in the good wine and the nice car! I love vibes coding.