Gimme that old time oil in my lamp…

Reblog of this post because I screwed up the syndication thingy (with bonus verses to avoid being spammy). Third try…

Give me coins for the offering
Keep me tithing
Give me coins for the offering, I pray
Give me coins for the offering
Keep me tithing
Keep me tithing to the break of day

(Chorus)

Give me heating for my baptism
Stop me shivering
Give me heating for my baptism, I pray
Give me heating for my baptism
Stop me shivering
Stop me shivering, all jolly day

(Chorus)

Give me grace for my errors
Let me human
Give me grace for my errors, I pray
Give me grace for my errors
Let me human
Let me human 'till the break of day

(Chorus)

Give me notes for my margins
Keep me studying
Give me notes for my margins, I pray
Give me notes for my margins
Keep me studying
Keep me studying to the break of day

Matt 🔶 (LordMatt)

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Is agentic coding the future of software development?

Yes, but also very much no. Current AI is super advanced autocomplete. Autocomplete has its place – for example, boilerplate stuff that is easily predictable. NetBeans already autocompletes my constructor methods based on my code and the fact that most constructors have the same stuff in them.

I think that once the fuss has died down and the cost of running the things gets too real, we’ll be using AI for a better autocomplete and little else.

Muppet Star Wars

I’ve had some time to think about this.

Mark Hammel is an exasperated Kenobi, Kermit is Luke, Miss Piggy is Princess Leia (who rescues herself), Gonzo is Vader, Fozzie Bear is Chewbacca, who struggles to keep Han Drum Solo (Animal) in check. Rizzo is Jabba The Rat (Hutt). Beaker and Dr. Bunsen Honeydew are R2D2 and C3P0 respectively. Rowlf the Dog is Yoda. Uncle Deadly is The Emperor. The Penguins are stormtroopers, but so are the chickens (including Camilla the Chicken). The Swedish Chef is Admiral Ackbar. Sweetums is either Biggs or Wedge, but no one is quite sure which.

Statler and Waldorf are film critics who interrupt the movie every so often to complain about script deviations and plot holes. Link Hogthrob is an unnamed extra who thinks he is the lead character. Crazy Harry is Greedo, and then various other shady extras who keep on annoying Animal and getting thrown off-set, he then shows up to help blow up the Death Star with no explanation, much to Animal’s irritation. Beauregard is an Imperial maintenance technician (but not a very good one) and the reason the Death Star blows up. And by “blows up” I mean the set falls apart with some sparks and smoke, and all the relevant baddie characters wander off to build a better set (for the sequel).

Any other shady characters – such as Rizzo’s staff and the bounty hunters – are played by the Frackles. They do this on rotation and will address the camera to tell viewers they are definitely not the same actor they saw earlier (when Rizzo or Gonzo don’t do it first).

’80s Robot should show up as all the other droids. In any sequel, Big Mean Carl is Jabba with the running gag that the cast keep insisting he was always Jabba, including in a “digitally remastered” flashback.

Doglion is the Rancor. Sopwith the Camel is an X-Wing pilot. Wayne and Wanda are singers for the Canteena band. Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem are the Canteena band (the drummer is missing, much to Animal’s upset).