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Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 15th February 2026 in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] BlueMonday1984@awful.systems 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The whole thing's worth reading, but this snippet in particular deserves attention:

Tech companies have done everything they can to maximise the potential harms of generative models because in doing so they think they’re maximising their own personal benefit.

Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 15th February 2026 in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] BlueMonday1984@awful.systems 8 points 1 day ago

Starting this Stubsack off by linking to Pavel Samsonov's "You can't "AI-proof your career" with a project mindset", a follow-on to Iris Meredith's "Becoming an AI-proof software engineer" which goes further into how best to safeguard one's software career from the slop-bots.

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Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 15th February 2026 (awful.systems)
 

Want to wade into the snowy surf of the abyss? Have a sneer percolating in your system but not enough time/energy to make a whole post about it? Go forth and be mid.

Welcome to the Stubsack, your first port of call for learning fresh Awful you’ll near-instantly regret.

Any awful.systems sub may be subsneered in this subthread, techtakes or no.

If your sneer seems higher quality than you thought, feel free to cut’n’paste it into its own post — there’s no quota for posting and the bar really isn’t that high.

The post Xitter web has spawned so many “esoteric” right wing freaks, but there’s no appropriate sneer-space for them. I’m talking redscare-ish, reality challenged “culture critics” who write about everything but understand nothing. I’m talking about reply-guys who make the same 6 tweets about the same 3 subjects. They’re inescapable at this point, yet I don’t see them mocked (as much as they should be)

Like, there was one dude a while back who insisted that women couldn’t be surgeons because they didn’t believe in the moon or in stars? I think each and every one of these guys is uniquely fucked up and if I can’t escape them, I would love to sneer at them.

(Credit and/or blame to David Gerard for starting this.)

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Pavel Samsonov: You can't "AI-proof your career" with a project mindset (productpicnic.beehiiv.com)
 

(This essay is based off of Iris Meredith’s "Becoming an AI-proof software engineer" - recommend reading that first.)

Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 8th February 2026 in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] BlueMonday1984@awful.systems 6 points 3 days ago

The first issue filed is called “Hello world does not compile” so you can tell it’s off to a good start.

The comments are a hoot, at least.

Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 8th February 2026 in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] BlueMonday1984@awful.systems 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Found a quality sneer aimed at a vibe-coder sysadmin: https://nullrouted.space/2026/02/05/sysadmin-in-the-llm-age/

Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 8th February 2026 in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] BlueMonday1984@awful.systems 7 points 4 days ago (2 children)

you completely skipped past one if not the most important theme in the novel which is language and the way people talk and write and the various ways they conduct themselves in different times and places

I don't think the LWer even realised those themes were there. This whole review screams "failed high school English" to me.

Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 8th February 2026 in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] BlueMonday1984@awful.systems 12 points 1 week ago

Found another website doing a good job keeping eye on the slop machines and their promoters: The AI Dirty List.

It also lists those who have fought against the bullshit fountains as well.

Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 8th February 2026 in c/techtakes@awful.systems
Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 8th February 2026 in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] BlueMonday1984@awful.systems 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (8 children)

In other news, Larry Garfield of GarfieldTech has had enough of the bullshit fountains, and put out a fury-filled sneer in response.

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Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 8th February 2026 (awful.systems)
submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by BlueMonday1984@awful.systems to c/techtakes@awful.systems
222 comments fedilink
 

Want to wade into the snowy surf of the abyss? Have a sneer percolating in your system but not enough time/energy to make a whole post about it? Go forth and be mid.

Welcome to the Stubsack, your first port of call for learning fresh Awful you’ll near-instantly regret.

Any awful.systems sub may be subsneered in this subthread, techtakes or no.

If your sneer seems higher quality than you thought, feel free to cut’n’paste it into its own post — there’s no quota for posting and the bar really isn’t that high.

The post Xitter web has spawned so many “esoteric” right wing freaks, but there’s no appropriate sneer-space for them. I’m talking redscare-ish, reality challenged “culture critics” who write about everything but understand nothing. I’m talking about reply-guys who make the same 6 tweets about the same 3 subjects. They’re inescapable at this point, yet I don’t see them mocked (as much as they should be)

Like, there was one dude a while back who insisted that women couldn’t be surgeons because they didn’t believe in the moon or in stars? I think each and every one of these guys is uniquely fucked up and if I can’t escape them, I would love to sneer at them.

(Credit and/or blame to David Gerard for starting this. A lot of people didn't survive January, but at least we did. This also ended up going up on my account's cake day, too, so that's cool.)

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Iris Meredith: Becoming an AI-proof software engineer (deadsimpletech.com)
Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 1st February 2026 in c/techtakes@awful.systems
Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 1st February 2026 in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] BlueMonday1984@awful.systems 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

New blogpost from Drew DeVault, titled "The cults of TDD and GenAI". As the title suggests, its drawing comparisons between how people go all-in on TDD (test-driven development) and how people go all-in on slop machines.

Its another post in the genre of "why did tech fall for AI so hard" that I've seen cropping up, in the same vein as mhoye's Mastodon thread and Iris Meredith's "The problem is culture".

Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 1st February 2026 in c/techtakes@awful.systems
Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 1st February 2026 in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] BlueMonday1984@awful.systems 14 points 1 week ago

It gets worse:

One of the great tragedies of AI and science is that the proliferation of garbage papers and journals is creating pressure to return to more closed systems based on interpersonal connections and established prestige hierarchies that had only recently been opened up somewhat to greater diversity.

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Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 1st February 2026 (awful.systems)
 

Want to wade into the snowy surf of the abyss? Have a sneer percolating in your system but not enough time/energy to make a whole post about it? Go forth and be mid.

Welcome to the Stubsack, your first port of call for learning fresh Awful you’ll near-instantly regret.

Any awful.systems sub may be subsneered in this subthread, techtakes or no.

If your sneer seems higher quality than you thought, feel free to cut’n’paste it into its own post — there’s no quota for posting and the bar really isn’t that high.

The post Xitter web has spawned so many “esoteric” right wing freaks, but there’s no appropriate sneer-space for them. I’m talking redscare-ish, reality challenged “culture critics” who write about everything but understand nothing. I’m talking about reply-guys who make the same 6 tweets about the same 3 subjects. They’re inescapable at this point, yet I don’t see them mocked (as much as they should be)

Like, there was one dude a while back who insisted that women couldn’t be surgeons because they didn’t believe in the moon or in stars? I think each and every one of these guys is uniquely fucked up and if I can’t escape them, I would love to sneer at them.

(Credit and/or blame to David Gerard for starting this. What a year, huh?)

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The problem is culture - Iris on tech's LLM obsession (deadsimpletech.com)
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Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 25th January 2026 (awful.systems)
 

Want to wade into the snowy surf of the abyss? Have a sneer percolating in your system but not enough time/energy to make a whole post about it? Go forth and be mid.

Welcome to the Stubsack, your first port of call for learning fresh Awful you’ll near-instantly regret.

Any awful.systems sub may be subsneered in this subthread, techtakes or no.

If your sneer seems higher quality than you thought, feel free to cut’n’paste it into its own post — there’s no quota for posting and the bar really isn’t that high.

The post Xitter web has spawned so many “esoteric” right wing freaks, but there’s no appropriate sneer-space for them. I’m talking redscare-ish, reality challenged “culture critics” who write about everything but understand nothing. I’m talking about reply-guys who make the same 6 tweets about the same 3 subjects. They’re inescapable at this point, yet I don’t see them mocked (as much as they should be)

Like, there was one dude a while back who insisted that women couldn’t be surgeons because they didn’t believe in the moon or in stars? I think each and every one of these guys is uniquely fucked up and if I can’t escape them, I would love to sneer at them.

(Credit and/or blame to David Gerard for starting this.)

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Open Slopware revived via fork (codeberg.org)
 

The original's been taken down thanks to the creator being harassed into silence by promptfondlers, but a fork was thankfully made, and taking contributions.

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Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 18th January 2026 (awful.systems)
submitted 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) by BlueMonday1984@awful.systems to c/techtakes@awful.systems
167 comments fedilink
 

Want to wade into the snowy surf of the abyss? Have a sneer percolating in your system but not enough time/energy to make a whole post about it? Go forth and be mid.

Welcome to the Stubsack, your first port of call for learning fresh Awful you’ll near-instantly regret.

Any awful.systems sub may be subsneered in this subthread, techtakes or no.

If your sneer seems higher quality than you thought, feel free to cut’n’paste it into its own post — there’s no quota for posting and the bar really isn’t that high.

The post Xitter web has spawned so many “esoteric” right wing freaks, but there’s no appropriate sneer-space for them. I’m talking redscare-ish, reality challenged “culture critics” who write about everything but understand nothing. I’m talking about reply-guys who make the same 6 tweets about the same 3 subjects. They’re inescapable at this point, yet I don’t see them mocked (as much as they should be)

Like, there was one dude a while back who insisted that women couldn’t be surgeons because they didn’t believe in the moon or in stars? I think each and every one of these guys is uniquely fucked up and if I can’t escape them, I would love to sneer at them.

(Credit and/or blame to David Gerard for starting this.)

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Open Slopware - a list of AI-tainted FOSS software, plus alternatives (codeberg.org)
 

Currently in its very early stages, but it'll be a useful resource to identify slopified garbage and get it out of your life.

Credit to Kat Marchin for starting this.

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Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 11th January 2026 (awful.systems)
 

Want to wade into the snowy surf of the abyss? Have a sneer percolating in your system but not enough time/energy to make a whole post about it? Go forth and be mid: Welcome to the Stubsack, your first port of call for learning fresh Awful you’ll near-instantly regret.

Any awful.systems sub may be subsneered in this subthread, techtakes or no.

If your sneer seems higher quality than you thought, feel free to cut’n’paste it into its own post — there’s no quota for posting and the bar really isn’t that high.

The post Xitter web has spawned soo many “esoteric” right wing freaks, but there’s no appropriate sneer-space for them. I’m talking redscare-ish, reality challenged “culture critics” who write about everything but understand nothing. I’m talking about reply-guys who make the same 6 tweets about the same 3 subjects. They’re inescapable at this point, yet I don’t see them mocked (as much as they should be)

Like, there was one dude a while back who insisted that women couldn’t be surgeons because they didn’t believe in the moon or in stars? I think each and every one of these guys is uniquely fucked up and if I can’t escape them, I would love to sneer at them.

(2026 is off to a great start, isn't it? Credit and/or blame to David Gerard for starting this.)

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Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 4th January 2026 (awful.systems)
 

Want to wade into the snowy surf of the abyss? Have a sneer percolating in your system but not enough time/energy to make a whole post about it? Go forth and be mid: Welcome to the Stubsack, your first port of call for learning fresh Awful you’ll near-instantly regret.

Any awful.systems sub may be subsneered in this subthread, techtakes or no.

If your sneer seems higher quality than you thought, feel free to cut’n’paste it into its own post — there’s no quota for posting and the bar really isn’t that high.

The post Xitter web has spawned soo many “esoteric” right wing freaks, but there’s no appropriate sneer-space for them. I’m talking redscare-ish, reality challenged “culture critics” who write about everything but understand nothing. I’m talking about reply-guys who make the same 6 tweets about the same 3 subjects. They’re inescapable at this point, yet I don’t see them mocked (as much as they should be)

Like, there was one dude a while back who insisted that women couldn’t be surgeons because they didn’t believe in the moon or in stars? I think each and every one of these guys is uniquely fucked up and if I can’t escape them, I would love to sneer at them.

(Last substack for 2025 - may 2026 bring better tidings. Credit and/or blame to David Gerard for starting this.)

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