#codemonkey — Public Fediverse posts

@ShadSterling @abban

The only folk I've seen calling themselves "software engineers" were undergrads and juniors.

Once you reach the "WHAT DO YOU WANT AND WHY ARE YOU INTERRUPTING ME?" level of #codemonkey titles become immaterial

My #Ai harness is growing in unnecessary complexity...
I have added 3 dimensional visualiser plotting each engine, status (engines turn orange, red as they run out of compute), #abliterated engines look like skulls. The lines between the engines are fall-through escalation when a work unit fails...

... Its all entirely unnecessary, but I like pretty pictures.

If I was a silversmith instead of #vibecoding #codemonkey, I would be doing those arabesque squiggly silver wire decorations 🙄

#Ai is like a #Codemonkey rubber ducky...
... but the rubber ducky wears power armor and shoots lasers from its eyes...

#Vibecode

I felt so strongly about this...
... I created a meme.

Was #Vibecoding and caught myself shoving new features that were not needed.

#Programming #Selfhosting #Scripting #Codemonkey

...so then I was thinking.

What if you were to design INTO the probabilistic nature of #vibecoding ?

Rather than looking at the random characteristc of Ai generated #code as a weakness, see it as strength.

Your actual coding framework is so strong, that it doesn't matter its engine is nondeterministic.

Belts and buckles with zipties and tensioning straps wrapped with gorilla tape, sealed in epoxy resin and encased in concrete.

Meme: Slaps the roof if the code framework.
THAT CODE AINT MOVING ANYWHERE!

#Programming #codemonkey

I'm going to have to re-engineer my Orchestrator Governer "Harness" (noun not verb)...again.
(Compute Burnout).

The idea is, split the work into functional modules sitting under an orchestration plane. So that other Ai Engine APIs can be accessed to solve.

Challenge, how to pass the work so the engine doesn't choke on the prompt long before even solve starts?

Its going to be interesting using different models for same piece of work.

This #vibecode #codemonkey looked at how stochastic #LLM are, and said "Do you have any more of that hallucination shit?"

I really should stop fucking with the tool, but there is always one more tweak to make it more functional. Takes a lot of discipline to stop poking at it...
... of which I have none.

This is the current iteration.
3 runners (but you can add as many as you want, just by cloning the runner directory)

Each runner has an autonomous mission.md - this is basically a super prompt. You can see, I can assign the compute load (its 5%, 95% atm).
The load logic was broken and I only picked it up by watching the runners cycle.

A cute little function I added, the ant-trail moves faster the more compute % its got allocated, so you can see at a glance where you are at.

There is a logic that estimates the available compute window and ramps up towards the end, to burn up the remaining compute, while allowing a window at the start, should you need it for manual prompts.

#sysadmin #vibecode #llm (windup) #codemonkey #selfhosting #vps

@spacehobo

Every #vibecoder starts at level 0
Going from orthodox coding to Vibecode is
Like going from 3GL to OOP x10

Folk need to understand that 20yo of #codemonkey means nothing unless you learn LLMs

As I say;
"Using Ai is a learned skill"

Reading the M-Bus specification because I obviously know what I'm doing right now and couldn't think of an easier way to learn #rust than write a tool for it. #mbus #codemonkey #indiedev

Code Monkey, by Jonathan Coulton.

Cover by Sp4rkler3rickson (no instruments)

Hatzi the husky is an Animaze virtual avatar.

Art drawn in ClipStudio Paint by Sp4rkler3rickson.

Video compiled in MiniTool Movie Maker.

https://youtu.be/qQy7qxANWSo

#furry #furryart #musicvideo #jonathancoulton #codemonkey #pmv #picturemusicvideo #YouTube

@cwebber

"Why hang out on the (#programming) forums then?"

This is something folks who don't #vibecode don't understand. Because they don't have the lived experience of vibecoding. All they know about it is from FEELS and other conservatives.

YOU STILL NEED TO BE A PROGRAMMER TO EFFECTIVELY VIBECODE!

After few decades of staring at the screen till your eyes bleed trying to figure out why "This function SHOULD work!", the romance of classical programming wears thin, since there is an alternative now. Sure some folks like pressing pins into their flesh. Good for them.

Its like enjoying the pure, liberating toil of digging trench with a spade. The satisfying crunch of the blade as it cuts the soil, the heft of a full tool as you throw it over your shoulder. The sweat.

Or you can sit in the air conditioned comfort of the digger, moving the joystick, digging at x10 the speed and going home without needing to take a shower just so you feel human.

Sure, diesel is cariciogenic, the treads crush everything and the digger is made in Asia with exploited labor. But there are no folks smashing the machine... Not since Brits hanged the leaders and deported the rest to Australia.

TL; DR: #Vibecoding is coding, but with powertools.
Its in the name.

#CodeMonkey

A friend of mine asked for my advice about #codingforkids .
He's a teacher on #elementaryschool and wants to start a small #coding project.

I can remember software witch uses coding-blocks for childeren to build small games.

A quick search on #google gave me #codemonkey

Not sure if this is what I'm looking for but we'll see.

https://www.codemonkey.com/glp-coding-for-kids-abs/?utm_campaign=cm_gs_p_kw_eu_en_abs&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_content=540118681416&utm_adgroup=teaching_children_to_code_bmm&utm_placement=&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=8527993397&gbraid=0AAAAADQwBlMrH1VOV77ZSr44v53hmusXl&gclid=CjwKCAiAybfLBhAjEiwAI0mBBiuilgos-p1xkYEfoBYx9XhepBvPVLRtSvCqyQVU9tSdhobsubaUUBoCswIQAvD_BwE

A friend of mine asked for my advice about #codingforkids .
He's a teacher on #elementaryschool and wants to start a small #coding project.

I can remember software witch uses coding-blocks for childeren to build small games.

A quick search on #google gave me #codemonkey

Not sure if this is what I'm looking for but we'll see.

https://www.codemonkey.com/glp-coding-for-kids-abs/?utm_campaign=cm_gs_p_kw_eu_en_abs&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_content=540118681416&utm_adgroup=teaching_children_to_code_bmm&utm_placement=&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=8527993397&gbraid=0AAAAADQwBlMrH1VOV77ZSr44v53hmusXl&gclid=CjwKCAiAybfLBhAjEiwAI0mBBiuilgos-p1xkYEfoBYx9XhepBvPVLRtSvCqyQVU9tSdhobsubaUUBoCswIQAvD_BwE

When the dinosaurs roamed the earth and I was a #codemonkey and had to earn a crust bit flipping...
... I have developed eleventh commandment. Purely because of hours(days/weeks) of wasted time, chasing bugs that were not there.

The 11th commandment is;
👉 CHECK YOUR DATA 1ST👈

And so, I have burned two full compute cycles, trying to render a skull with the interior 'illuminated' with no light (0.0) on the interior faces.

The problem: Back-face darkening only works for faces pointing AWAY from camera. But inside a hollow object, the far wall faces TOWARD you.
We need the original geometric approach - but it failed for concave meshes.

When in #Blender (a reminder I have nearly 0 working knowledge with it), I found that both the inner and outer faces are identical.

The solution, while hacky, is entirely workable. Esp. since the skull object will be small when rendered.
Create a small sphere INSIDE the skull and because its a different object, we can assign 0.0 darkening to it.

#3d #3dprogramming #vibecode

Whats this then?
For the last couple of days, I have been implementing a 3D web objects rendering project. Its eyecandy bling for my #grafana #prometheus stack.

Im nearing the end of the Minimum Viable Product (on the presentation layer).

I am 'coding' in #Javascript something I have familiarity of approximately 0.2.

So I thought it would be worthwhile to create some metrics from all the coding prompts.

The ratio of feature ready to buggy results is actually pretty decent.
It starts to get into the weeds towards the end, because I am developing 'featuritis' and pushing the initial spec.

Otherwise, the error to code ratio is comparable to the old school #programming but I suck as a #programmer regardless if its by hand or by #AI 🤡

N.B. The diagram is my invention, I might fiddle with it more to track #vibecoding efficacy and analytics

#llm #codemonkey

Do you crave cool?
Here it is.
Does not matter if you love #edm #techno or not...
@switchangel codes music line by line, her narration is part of this cool #trance track she magics line by line.

Whether you're a #codemonkey a #music #geek or just a #neurospicy unicorn
You will thank me for this gem.
Love it!
https://youtu.be/GWXCCBsOMSg?si=x2n3UonVu7qIhGw-

👨‍💻🚀 Oh look, they trapped an over-caffeinated code monkey in a while loop, and it birthed a half-dozen repos while the rest of us were busy dreaming about unicorns. 🦄 Because, who needs sleep when you have GitHub AI cranking out spaghetti code faster than you can say "debugging nightmare"? 🤖🍝
https://github.com/repomirrorhq/repomirror/blob/main/repomirror.md #codeMonkey #GitHubAI #spaghettiCode #debuggingNightmare #techHumor #HackerNews #ngated

👨‍💻🚀 Oh look, they trapped an over-caffeinated code monkey in a while loop, and it birthed a half-dozen repos while the rest of us were busy dreaming about unicorns. 🦄 Because, who needs sleep when you have GitHub AI cranking out spaghetti code faster than you can say "debugging nightmare"? 🤖🍝
https://github.com/repomirrorhq/repomirror/blob/main/repomirror.md #codeMonkey #GitHubAI #spaghettiCode #debuggingNightmare #techHumor #HackerNews #ngated

I've gone back 40 years.

When I started out in computing in the 1980s it was common for programmers to carry around a utility library: a personal toolbox so you don't have to keep re-inventing your spanners.

That kind of stopped once programming languages' libraries got so big they practically encompassed everything.

/cont'd

#rust #programming #codemonkey

#BostonWeekend 18/x
Fri #AimeeMann w/ #JonathanCoulton @ Wilbur, $80+

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0V8CpT0Iow

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgYT7zB3w5M
https://youtu.be/RSsstXfcRWw?t=65
https://www.ticketmaster.com/aimee-mann-22-lost-in-space-boston-massachusetts-06-06-2025/event/0100625AEA976BC0 #BostonMusic #BostonGeek #JoCo #CodeMonkey #Portal

#BostonWeekend 18/x
Fri #AimeeMann w/ #JonathanCoulton @ Wilbur, $80+

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0V8CpT0Iow

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgYT7zB3w5M
https://youtu.be/RSsstXfcRWw?t=65
https://www.ticketmaster.com/aimee-mann-22-lost-in-space-boston-massachusetts-06-06-2025/event/0100625AEA976BC0 #BostonMusic #BostonGeek #JoCo #CodeMonkey #Portal

What's an #MCP server?
(Model Context Protocol)

Today #Anthropic dropped V4 of their new model. It marks a pivot in their corp direction. They are yielding the ground for chatbots to #OpenAi and the rest, and instead focusing on infrastructure. Having used paid versions of #ChatGpt and #Claude for #vibecoding it's a smart move as Claude is significantly better than ChatGpt that's been lobotomised for minimum compute burn.

Back to MCP.

LLM --> MCP --> Any app

Eg. You can connect via the MCP to Gmail and issue a prompt "Send email to all the folks in my address list called Karen, Subject: Yo, Body: Your momma!"

Sure, you COULD do it with an API, but now peasants can use it, not just #codemonkey

#Zappier is the first MCP I know. There may be others.

#LLM

Could AI program my programming? Maybe. But could it complain so bitterly about the solution that has to be implemented? I think not.

#dayJob #codeMonkey

The bad part of troubleshooting computer programs is that sometimes part of it breaks, and then you have to suffer through people who want to be helpful asking if any other part of the computer program could have caused the problem, even stuff that doesn't actually touch it. To the point where it's like

Them: could it have been the microwave?

Me: be for real, James. How could it be the microwave?

And then sometimes it IS the fucking microwave. Like. Why.

#codeMonkey

It's wild to try to train someone to do your job and realize that, at the base, you are really trying to teach them how to think.

Also like don't tell anyone but I like helping with training the newbies because it makes it clear to me how far I've come. When I started this job I was barely past WRITE !, "HELLO CRUEL WORLD." Now I'm a pretty seasoned programmer.

#dayJob #codeMonkey

I know 100% of things about the piece of the project I'm currently working on, and 0% of things about the piece I finished two weeks ago. Good thing I'm not in charge of—

Oh wait. 😐

Anyway, note to self to comment my code better.

#codeMonkey

Project architect: ...and the terminology project, which Em has been taking point on, has been very successful—

Me: (to myself) hang on, was I leading that? (Long pause) I guess I did all the analysis and development. Huh. Nice.

I gotta pay attention in meetings more.

#dayJob #codeMonkey

Why is it that step 1 (put data into database) is always the most complicated?

#dayJob #codeMonkey

Testing a thing. Update the API to return an error. Run the thing.

It returns an unexpected error.

Hmm. Back out changes. Try again. Unexpected error continues.

SO. Uh.

#codeMonkey #dayJob

Boss: We need you to deploy this code to prod.

Me: This code? This code I wrote two months ago?

Boss: Yes.

Me: ...Remind me how it works again?

#dayJob #codeMonkey

Had a real brainwave about how XSLTs work and how to fix current project while out and about this morning. Unfortunately that doesn't seem to mean I'm actually able to fix it.

Guess I need to move up so I can just explain the situation to someone else and then make them write the code.

#codeMonkey #dayJob

A jira that took so long to get marked done, the fix was deprecated and replaced with a new piece of code.

#codeMonkey #dayJob

Reasons why the API isn't working:

A/ I fucked something up.

B/ Someone else fucked something up (upstream or downstream of my bit).

C/ The API got changed and no one told us.

Why is it always C, though?

#dayJob #codeMonkey

Sometimes you write one line of code and it solves the problem. And I think, wow, am I getting paid to sit here and write one line of code after several hours?

Ah, but it was the *right* line of code.

#codeMonkey #dayJob

#CodeMonkey #RangerBobRadio
#SYS64738 #212

https://youtu.be/v4Wy7gRGgeA?si=BmuQx6ixS4H3G2YV

I have also been a #CodeMonkey

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5W_wd9Qf0IE

Interests
#ContemplativePrayer #Monasticism #Theology #Bible #Trees #Walking #Poetry #Reading #Writing #Making #OffbeatMaths #Deutsch #Cymraeg #Alto

Home
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Work
#Director #TeaLady #CodeMonkey @WebsitesAhoy

Misspent adult years
#Maths #EnvironmentalScience #EnergyPolicy #Economics #WeatherAndHealth #EcoConsultancy

I've been here 10 months, so it was time I pinned an introduction!

The first bridge in JoCo's "Code Monkey" is unbelievably apropos today, after now five hours nailing down bugs in a .css file that controlled six landing page template files and eight reusable web snippets

"Code monkey think maybe manager wanna build god damn login page himself..."

(My manager is great. The person who wrote this code this way should be plagued with socks that don't fit for the rest of their natural life.)

#CodeMonkey #Today #WorldOfWarcraft #Machinima

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4Wy7gRGgeA&ab_channel=spiffworld

A few times a year (at the minimum once or twice) I like to reflect. This week I was reminded of the #CodeMonkey video from over a decade ago https://youtu.be/v4Wy7gRGgeA, which presented me with a new question - what does it mean to (now) be a #RemoteMonkey during a pandemic? 🤔

Finally I found a #codemonkey that writes these pesky #microservices and the developers can really concentrate on #business logic.

Maybe #chatgpt is not a threat for #developer, but tor the #nocode #lowcode platforms (see my post about it https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7045479657340579840/)? So instead of introducing #nlc to the #business which is then supposed to code (anyone remembers #soap?), we enable developers to be faster and doing the "important" stuff?

From https://twitter.com/joeprkns/status/1635933638725451779?lang=en

Anybody remember "Code Monkey"? It's old enough to get a drivers' licence in NZ now! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4Wy7gRGgeA
#gettingold #newzealand #codemonkey