Issue triage, code exploration, extracting information from disparate sources, first pass code review. There are loads of use cases that it's potentially useful.
For me it's a lot better at extracting the requirements for a CPU feature from a 10,000 page architecture reference manual than I am.
I have API access at work because I don't want to be tied to a UI. I'm very aware of the cost because I'm trying to see where it offers good value for money.
Of course things like the deep research and notebooklm are covered by the Google workplace fees which while including more than the personal plans are also a fair bit more expensive.
Your making a big assumption extrapolating from one particular study involving Java code and a static analyser.
How is that patch sloppy?
I feel the term slop is being overused to cover anything an LLM has touched. If I ask an agent to re-read a mail thread for me and apply the changes to my tree to review is that slop? Would you feel better about it if I copy and paste from email to code in my editor?
I've just been doing a bunch of bug triage which was mostly driven by the agent although I checked the issues where it had commented. Was that slop? Ironically a lot of the issues where AI generated although for the most part more complete than a lot of the purely human submissions we get. Are those bug reports slop? What about the poorly drafted human ones?
That's not kernel policy but LF guidance. From the kernel's point of view patches still have a high bar to pass to get merged and I don't think we have enough data yet to see if LLM based submissions to the kernel have a higher or lower error rate than humans.
I certainly feel the uptick in LLM reports though - one of the projects I'm working on is seeing a deluge of them at the moment.
I've vibed a bunch of apps and scripts and it's great for that project you never found time for. Importantly they where all local and ultimately throw away things.
The idea of relying on vibes for production seems insane to me. The most important thing about software engineers is not how fast they can type.
At 43 that's probably a little earlier than the OP expected and if their daughter wasn't planning on starting that early it's going to affect school and job prospects.
That's not too say it can't work. One of my in-laws had their first at 18 and now as their last leaves for uni they are still fit and young enough to enjoy the empty nest experience.
Where you live maybe. The NHS is centrally funded through taxation.
If course you do - if the cost of treating the patient down the line is going to cost you more. Public health systems have a vested interest in healthier citizens.
The majority of my gaming is on the road too but I've found the Steam Deck hits that niche for me. I carry a thin Chromebook for work related things. Admittedly you don't need as powerful a GPU for a small 720p display.
How big a niche is that - because when I think high end gaming a laptop has all sorts of trade offs to make anyway.
I personally have email integrated into my editor (mu4e) so I can apply patches and search code directly from the email thread. It handles threads and searching really well.