where because they didn't know sql and only ever used activerecord they manage to accidentally make simple, fast queries incredibly slow
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but anyway the real issue is once more "programming" shifts from writing compiled/interpreted languages to offloading more work to machine learning frameworks they have zero understanding of the math behind
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where they have some inputs and some desired outputs and as far as they know everything that happens in between is a magic black box because hackernews told them they don't need to know linear algebra
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and these people are easily >90% of the field lol
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sorry for writing a blog post lol anyway the paradox is standards are both higher than most people can achieve and much lower than they should be because most people in the industry are worse than useless
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It's really interesting! One of my takeaways is that it's cheaper (in the short-term) to pay e.g. people who know Rails but nothing below it to put together and run the product, then periodically bring in $$$ consultants to deal with the issues it causes
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oh definitely, the worst part is all this is probably fairly well incentives-aligned
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moloch! who writes webapps that are "good enough for now"! etc etc
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I am doing computer engineering and I learn all this stuff and I have to tell you: it's a bit overwhelming and I don't think I'm learning it too well.
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Over half the graduates in my program go into IT because it pays just as well and only takes knowledge of command line and light programming.
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