Author Archives: David K.

I Call BS on AI Replacing Entry Levels

Posted on November 24, 2025 by David K.

Here’s an article and discussion saying the abysmal jobs market for new grads is due to “AI.” I’ve seen this in other places, of course, but it’s hitting the front page on Reddit today, and I call BS. Reddit is … Continue reading →

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We Paid Some Etsy Witches to Curse Charlie Kirk – Jezebel

Posted on September 10, 2025 by David K.

Since 2007, Jezebel has been the Internet’s most treasured source for everything celebrities, sex, and politics…with teeth. Source: We Paid Some Etsy Witches to Curse Charlie Kirk – Jezebel Well, I suppose the witches on Etsy are going to be … Continue reading →

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Frauds Being Frauds

Posted on September 5, 2025 by David K.

Oh. Whew. I thought you were talking about someone else there for a minute. They all kind of go hand in hand, don’t they? When you see one, there are others, maybe seen; maybe not. I guess frauds are frauds … Continue reading →

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The ESO Forums: Reddit without the Drama… or the Interestingness

Posted on August 31, 2025 by David K.

I’ve documented my love-hate relationship with the Elder Scrolls Online for quite some time. To summarize the current state of the game, I think they’ve dug themselves into a pit, and they keep digging. I don’t think they’re going to … Continue reading →

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Brother Max

Posted on August 20, 2025 by David K.

Thirty-some years ago, there was a guy who would preach in the open areas at colleges in Indiana during the nicer weather, and Florida during the winter. Everyone called him Brother Max, but I’m not sure if that was his … Continue reading →

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The Ineffable Act of Testing

Posted on August 12, 2025 by David K.

Someday, I should write a book about the outrageous things I’ve seen in IT at Fortune 250’s. For now, the short story is that — once again — my little solo project has achieved great success, and attracted people who … Continue reading →

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Fallout 5 Is Now Reportedly “Fully Greenlit” – GameSpot

Posted on July 15, 2025 by David K.

But it may have come at the cost of ZeniMax Online’s now canceled MMORPG. <snip> Corden said from what he has heard, part of the forward push for Fallout 5 and Fallout in general came at the expense of ZeniMax … Continue reading →

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Java/Javascript Midwittery

Posted on June 18, 2025 by David K.

All these years later, and even with an example of how it can work, no other stack has even come close to the productivity of Ruby on Rails. There was an effort, years ago, to provide a single command to … Continue reading →

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Reddit Had an Answer?!

Posted on June 17, 2025 by David K.

I was trying to integrate Anthropic’s Claude AI into Visual Studio Code, and it wasn’t showing up in the add-ons. There’s literally one command to install it, and it simply wasn’t working. I also could not see it in the … Continue reading →

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“Vibe” All the Things

Posted on June 16, 2025 by David K.

I can’t wait for middle management to read a post about “vibe coding,” tell a bunch of lower management to tell staffers to use it for everything, note some improvement in some metrics, and report this to upper management, which … Continue reading →

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