I recently read this Tweet from Andrej Karpathy (abbreviated):

I’ve never felt this much behind as a programmer … I have a sense that I could be 10X more powerful if I just properly string together what has become available over the last ~year … Roll up your sleeves to not fall behind.

This rhetoric about “adapt or be left behind” is something I’ve heard a million times over the last few years. For the longest time I’ve wrote these people off as being hype beasts, or shitty engineers. However, I’m starting to accept the possibility that the vibe coders are right.

Now don’t get me wrong, I still believe that the majority of vibe coders are shit engineers. Code quality is on a downward trajectory, and I think we’re looking towards a future where few people have the technical prowess to “level-up” to senior+. But I’m starting to think that the powers that be have invested so much time and money at this …

I have 27 years of experience as a professional software engineer and I really miss when almost every software engineer I ran into had a genuine passion for software and software engineering in and of themselves.

Ever since the “learn to code” mantra made software engineering appealing to a wider audience and, especially now with AI, the number of people directly making software who either stop being a software engineer at 5:00pm (as distinct from the ‘I’d love to put more time into software but I have kids’ crowd) or primarily measure good software according to business rather than technical criteria has been increasing way more than linearly.

To be clear there’s nothing really wrong with what’s happening. More software developers > less software developers, there are plenty of ‘9-5’ software engineers (many with far less experience than me) better at it than I am, and people are welcome to engage with software development …

This is kind of embarrassing to admit but I’ve been interviewing for senior roles and am getting HUMBLED HARD

I’ve got 7 YOE and at my current job I’m considered one of the stronger engineers
People come to me with questions, I own important features + annual reviews are always positive
I thought I had a pretty good sense of where I stood skill wise then I started interviewing where I applied to dozen companies (give or take) over the past two months and got through to later stages at a few of them but nothing has worked out
The feedback when I get it is always vague and I don’t even know what I’m doing wrong like something isn’t clicking and I’m starting to question everything. Is my current company’s bar just lower than I thought or m I actually not as good as people here make me feel?
It’s fucking with my confidence in a way I didn’t expect since I thought switching jobs would be straightforward atp in my career but …

Watched a PR get approved in 47 seconds yesterday. 300 lines of code. there’s no way they read it.

but we all pretend they did, because that’s the process.

everyone’s too busy to do real reviews. so we skim, check if CI passed, maybe leave a comment about variable naming to prove we looked at it, then hit approve. the PR author knows we didn’t really review it. we know they know. but we all maintain the fiction.

meanwhile actual problems (race conditions, memory leaks, security issues) slip through because nobody actually has time to review properly. but hey, at least we followed the process.

code review has become security theater for code quality. we’re checking everyone’s shoes but missing the actual threats.

Anyone else feel this or is it just me being cynical after too many years of this?

https://www.reddit.com/r/ExperiencedDevs/comments/1qdgghz/removed_by_moderator/

6 hours ago. 1.9k upvotes.

It was about how to make people explain their PRs to weed out slop.

This confirms it 100% that the moderators have some hidden AI protectionist policy - especially after the 400+ upvotes post not long ago calling them out.

If somebody has a screenshot of the OG post - please share (imgur as apparently we cannot upload images in this sub)

I don’t want to judge anyone, I use these tools too , but I think we need to build some kind of resilience to avoid the self-hosted / FOSS community being overwhelmed by AI slop. Right now, anyone with limited CS knowledge can vibe-code something, publish it on GitHub, and spam the communities.

I’m tired. I see hundreds of “new” tools every week.
What should we do, fellow self-hosted bros?

I have been a silent reader of this sub for a while and recently started my self-hosted journey. Started with a few basic services but finally decided to setup arr stack that I have been hearing a lot about.

Installed Radarr, Sonarr, qbitorrent, Jellyfin and Jellyseerr. Its literally magic. It took me some time to set up everything, but it was so worth it. I am amazed at what it can do. It literally works better than any streaming sites I have used. Crazy how all of this is free. I would like to write a detailed writeup about this later, but for now, I just wanted to share my excitement

Hi everyone! :D

Seven months ago I first posted about my project Koito and since then I have been releasing updates to the project in an effort to make it the best self hosted scrobbler.

What is Koito?

First of all, is NOT a Spanish or Portuguese word for intercourse, so stop saying that…

Koito is a ListenBrainz-compatible scrobbler that aggregates, tracks, and visualizes your listening data in cool ways! You can use Koito with anything that supports scrobbling to a custom ListenBrainz URL, such as Navidrome, Pano Scrobbler, multi-scrobbler, etc.

• Want to view which artist is your all-time favorite? You can!
• Want to see how your interest in a certain album has changed over time? You can!
• Want both yearly and monthly Spotify-wrapped style Rewind™^(™)s? You can!
• Want yet another service to spin up because you are bored? You know you do.

And that’s not all! I’m always open to suggestions for new features and use cases so I can help more people obsess take a very …

Youlag is a FreshRSS extension that allows you to browse your YouTube and article feeds through a modernized design that incorporates quality-of-life features.

Optimized for both watching videos and reading articles.

Why?

Stay connected with creators without a Google account by using RSS. Don’t be tied to a specific platform and access your subscriptions from any device.

You can also use Youlag solely for its theme and quality of life features, ignoring any video feature.

Highlights v4.1.0

This is the biggest update yet, featuring many customization options! Additionally, the UI has been refreshed, along with numerous tweaks and performance improvements.

• Whitelist specific categories to use the video mode layout
• Block incoming YouTube shorts
• Modernized interface for articles
• Swipe down in video mode to activate mini player
• Mini player follows across pages; read articles while keeping a floating video at the bottom

…25+ more updates in the changelog

Other …

This post can somewhat be seen as a “Part 2” to the discussion from https://www.reddit.com/r/selfhosted/comments/1poa1le/we_need_to_talk_about_the_term_vibecoding/

Here is a TL;DR for those of you who do not want to read the actual blog post. 😉

The title I chose for the post is admittedly a bit “clickbaity,” but the idea is as follows:
Remember when “Made in China” was (fairly or not) shorthand for cheap, disposable junk? The label carried instant assumptions about quality, durability, and care. It didn’t matter if a specific product was actually well-made. The label triggered the assumption.

Today, China produces everything from dollar-store toys to premium electronics. The stigma took decades to shake, and for many people, it never fully did. The label still carries weight even when the reality has changed.

“Vibe-coded” is becoming the same kind of marker. When someone admits their project was vibe-coded, they’re signaling “something” (low investment, no skin in the game, likely …

Hi r/usenet (or r/SABnzbd),

I have an 8 Gbit/s fiber connection in download from Bouygues Telecom (8 Gbit/s down / 1 Gbit/s up, confirmed by speedtests between 6.5-8 Gbit/s, theoretically ~1000 MB/s max), but I can’t exceed 500-600 MB/s on Usenet despite SABnzbd settings that seem correct. SSD is not the bottleneck as I get 2000 MB/s on tests.

Current Setup

• Providers: Eweka (EU Tier 1) and Newshosting (theoretically different backbones to aggregate).​
• Client: SABnzbd (recent version), using the maximum connections allowed by both providers (50 + 100), SSL enabled, EU servers prioritized, /incomplete on NVMe SSD.
• Hardware: B450 Tomahawk Max, WD SN550 SSD, tested off-peak and direct modem-PC.

The Issue

Even combining both providers at max connections, total speed stalls at ~550 MB/s. Tweaked priority/speed settings, but no improvement – decent but not optimal given available bandwidth. SABnzbd internal NZB tests cap similarly.​

What’s the Bottleneck?

• Network: NIC …

Is it just me, or has SceneNZBs been having more hiccups lately? I never had issues before, but over the past few weeks Radarr, Sonarr, and Prowlarr have been reporting it as unreachable quite often, even when the status page shows no problems. It’s happening right now as well. Sometimes outages are listed, but it feels like this is happening more frequently than before.

This may be a silly question, but I couldn’t find an answer to it. What would happen if a site like scenenzbs were taken offline and lawyers gained access to user data? In my profile, for example, I can see how much I’ve downloaded, but can they also see exactly what it was?

As I said, maybe I’m worrying too much :D

https://preview.redd.it/ck7gxsbaiscg1.png?width=896&format=png&auto=webp&s=0518fd346abeeb2da42ce3f003935b6406702007

Why is my speed so inconsistent

I am currently using:

Providers
Easynews

Giganews

Vipernews

Indexers

DrunkenSlug

NinjaCentral

I am starting to notice large gaps of shows missing episodes or even entire new seasons. Any tips for where I can find how to expand my coverage without overlapping what I already have?

Three months ago I introduced Plezy, an open-source Plex client. Based on feedback from this community, I’ve been focused on adding the most-requested features.

What’s new:

• Offline Downloads - Save media for offline playback
• Watch Together - Synchronized viewing with friends, built-in
• HDR & Dolby Vision - Full support on iOS, macOS, and Windows
• Auto-skip intros/credits - With configurable behavior
• Gamepad & keyboard navigation - Full support for living room setups
• Multi-server unified view - Browse all your servers in one place

The UI has also been refined with a cleaner design, improved navigation, and a new sidenav on desktop.

Additional improvements include Picture-in-Picture (Android), Discord Rich Presence, playlists, sleep timer, custom MPV configuration, and translations for Italian, Dutch, Chinese, German, and Korean.

Open-source. No subscription required for remote streaming. Available on Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, and Android.

GitHub: …

Put together this collection of 2160p 4k Quality 288 bumpers that were played between Cartoon Network TV Shows, most are 6-10 seconds long, with about 10 being 1 minute long. Useful for ersatzTV or similar TV emulation service that utilizes your Plex/Jellyfin server.

All sourced from this original YouTube Video . Total ZIP size is 3.88GB

Update: 2160p Version was done with AI-upscaling (not done by me)

If you prefer original 480p quality, I tried transcoding files down to 480p with ffmpeg. I added an option for that below

2160p Version

Download Link

Backup Download

480p Version (Transcoded down)

Download Link

Hey everyone,

I wanted to share a project I’ve been working on for a while: Strimr.

Strimr is a third-party Plex client for iOS and tvOS. It’s completely free and open source. The original goal was pretty straightforward: reproduce the Plex experience on Apple devices, but simplify it. Fewer frills, less noise, and a stronger focus on what actually matters to me: browsing my libraries and playing content from my Plex Media Server reliably.

The app is built natively in Swift and targets iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV with a UI that feels at home on each platform. It supports Plex Home profiles, server selection, customizable library visibility, hubs, search with filters, rich media details, resume playback, skip intro/credits, and the usual audio/subtitle controls.

For playback, Strimr uses MPV by default, mainly for its broad codec and HDR support. MPV is still a bit experimental in this context, though, so if it doesn’t fit your setup, you can switch players in the settings. VLC is …

I have virtually no experience with Linux but quite a bit with Windows. I used Plex for 9 years with a windows setup and over the holidays moved everything to Linux containers. A LOT of AI help … and I went a bit overboard.

Wish I had done it years ago.

Running two plex servers (home and cottage) both on Beelink devices with four-bay USB attached storage. Cottage does all the work and home syncs with cottage to maintain a full local copy of all media.

Sharing it here because no one around me would even understand it but I’m really happy with the setup.

Still a lot to learn. Any suggestions/comments on the containers?

All direct play too, a few stragglers casting, cant change some people