Nico Nacq @ni@nacq.me

Timeline of a project:

1. Yes, I can absolutely do that 5 months from now.
2. I should get started soon.
3. I should *really* get started soon.
4. OMG! OK. Getting started.
5. I will never make this deadline.
6. I must change my name and start a new life in Genovia.
7. Work, work, work, work, work
8. I might actually make it.
9. That was easy!

Repeat.

(I am currently at Stage 8.)

Study finds that Github Copilot lowers code quality and maintainability:

"We find disconcerting trends for maintainability. Code churn -- the percentage of lines that are reverted or updated less than two weeks after being authored -- is projected to double in 2024 compared to its 2021, pre-AI baseline. We further find that the percentage of 'added code' and 'copy/pasted code' is increasing in proportion to 'updated,' 'deleted,' and 'moved 'code. In this regard, AI-generated code resembles an itinerant contributor, prone to violate the DRY-ness [don't repeat yourself] of the repos visited."

The paper concludes: "How will Copilot transform what it means to be a developer? There's no question that, as AI has surged in popularity, we have entered an era where code lines are being added faster than ever before. The better question for 2024: who's on the hook to clean up the mess afterward?"

https://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2024/01/25/copilot-research.aspx

“In Loving Memory of Square Checkbox @ tonsky.me”

Ugh. https://tonsky.me/blog/checkbox/

> website advertising a minimalist phone

> fuckin 8mb web page

https://framablog.org/2024/01/15/des-ateliers-solarpunk-pour-imaginer-un-avenir-low-tech/

#solarpunk

Who hosts the fediverse?: over half of all Mastodon users are on an instance hosted by Hetzner https://blog.benjojo.co.uk/post/who-hosts-the-fediverse-instances

Quelques personnes autistes listent leurs attentes sur le web :

- pas de modales
- pas de contenu clignotant
- pas de pub intrusive
- navigation clavier
- pas de gros pavés de texte
- pas de blocage du copier/coller dans les champs
- liens et boutons explicites

Donc le site de rêve, tout simplement 😍

https://www.24joursdeweb.fr/2023/autisme-et-accessibilite-numerique-sur-les-sites-web-au-quotidien/

Pour la première fois, la planète Terre aurait franchi le 17 novembre la barre des +2°C de réchauffement mondial, par rapport à la période de référence 1850-1900 (données ERA5, ECMWF)
Explication complète : https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7132276445514457088

When reading my Mastodon timeline just now, I came across a post, which caused my screen reader to say the following:
"This is what I expect to happen in the decades ahead. Image with no description."
Yep, that's about right.