I was just planning to do some sort of write up on this topic, although it will be internal only.

Of the three projects I’m currently on

• existing code base where AI sometimes has good ideas but almost never able to implement them successfully. This is legacy code, all human generated, and is probably too tightly coupled. Test framework is tightly coupled to the environment so ai cannot run it
• new tool implementation to give cheaper and faster context across all repos (Spotify Backstage)
• new code base almost entirely ai generated. Much more loosely coupled. There is no test /mock framework available, so it’s all scripts, which the ai is able to run at will to refine its guesses

There’s definitely distinct conditions where ai can be the right tool and can succeed vs when it can’t. In managements blind rush to vibe code everything, they need to better understand where it works and where it doesn’t

In particular, functionality I’m working on this week

• existing code base ”modify function x to cover scenario y” at best gives a useful strategy
• new code base “implement function x similar to existing code base, but that also covers scenario y” seems to work

I would also argue the Vision Pro was never expected to sell in volume or make a profit. It was always a test. If it established a market of content, it was a prototype and they win. If it was just a curiosity, the loss was budgeted and they never spent the money to scale up

It worked for the last generation of Xboxes. Personally I was prepared to buy an x series for each of my kids two christmases in a row. However I refused to pay scalper prices and was never able to find them in stock.

I hope scalpers rot in hell for ruining things for the rest of us, but it directly lead to my kids building their own gaming rigs, so that’s cool. More quality time with my kids plus they learned that I actually know something about computers

It’s already illegal to modify the odometer and many states have annual safety inspections where they could record such things

The strongest arguments against smreridinf the odometer are surveillance and safety react, but if you’re only recording it once a year or when sold, then you’re not losing privacy

No, that doesn’t work. You can charge anywhere.

If you watch that “Technology Connections” video that keeps going around Lemmy, you should not waste your money on a home charging station

• technically you can charge at a standard outlet. It works for some people
• I also have adapters for tool outlets, dryer outlets, rv outlets (a dryer outlet could charge as quickly as the charging stations where I work)

A home charging station is just a convenience. A really nice convenience that I highly recommend, but unnecessary

Power consumed is directly proportional to the weight, distance, and rate of travel

And if we’re trying to be fair, that’s really not true either. There’s a wide range of efficiencies for different vehicles. On the extreme end, if Aptera succeeds, those drivers would pay nothing. More importantly, this also gives them another opportunity to charge unfairly to defend ICE vehicles

Simple weight and miles, regardless of technology and efficiency, and recorded at annual inspection or purchase/sale - ideally also keep the gas tax to help pay for its impact on the environment

There’s more reason to incentives than to “help people who can’t afford new”

• the faster we develop an EV market, the sooner and cheaper used EVs will be available
• the incentives get us to price parity sooner, so encourage people who don’t want to spend extra, whether they can or not
• the faster market transition encourages investment in chargers. If you couldn’t be confident in a fast growing market why would you invest in chargers?
• the faster market transition encourages and supports legacy manufacturers investing in new technology

EVs are inevitable, but we need to be encouraging a faster transition for environmental reasons. But the incentives were at least as much about trying to save legacy manufacturers as they were about encouraging consumers down that path.

Note that as soon as the US stopped incentives, legacy manufacturers withdrew from the EV market. Some were just reaching price parity, such as Chevy Equinox, but the few remaining choices will never have the volume to be profitable. Now they’re heavily protected, at the cost of less choice and much higher prices for all Americans, but that can’t last forever and they appear to be digging their own graves