Lemmy has driven me to be an angry person who likes to point out how hypocritical people are.

All found with AI, you haters. And Linus complains the mailing list is too busy… with bugs.

Or any business. There’s always a back door if it’s not open source and self hosted.

Public files aren’t okay. Using public files as a way to get people to pay is also not okay.

What I’m getting from this community is to stick with Fusion. Which is fine I guess.

I did the Plasticity demo, but I got busy and forgot about it. Now I can’t do another demo.

I really wish onshape had a middle area between free and 1500 USD/y

Same with Shapr3D (which doesn’t export high res in free mode) I just can’t justify paying for subscriptions when I use it sporadically.

I don’t sell, and I don’t create frequently

Uhhhggggg I hate modern software!!!

Wow that’s a name I haven’t heard in a while!

Well, CAD and “3D” are not the same thing. Blender is good for 3d, but cad features are stapled on. Also blender has too many knobs—that is not useful for CAD

What are you used to?

I used OpenSCAD for a bit, and it’s good for simple things where clicking is far less efficient. I once needed a plate with a set of holes. OpenSCAD was great.

A budget build is going to run you $4k+ for something like qwen3-coder:30b, and you’ll probably be annoyed at the speed of you’re used to Codex or Claude.

What does his app do? 🤣

Right? I’m laughing how they expect me to sympathize with them.

Well, I don’t have a problem using AI. But I also don’t work for big tech companies with the kind of culture who push it on you. Also, I’m collecting an unemployment check after being laid off because the company can’t afford two developers anymore. So I dunno how lucky I am.

Your former boss is an idiot! Haha

Strong disagree. Getting your BSN is not 6 figures. It also far more stable than tech. There will always be sick people, the world is not getting healthier on average.

Going into software development in 2026 is a gamble. Being a nurse is not.

Well… good luck. I’ve been doing this for 25 years, and I’ll work for your salary. ;)

A lot of the major companies are trying to “embrace” AI. Anyone saying percentages is full of shit. And anyone claiming they got fired for refusing to use AI is also full of shit, they got fired for other reasons, which much have been screaming “I’ll never use AI you fucks!” Haha

Regarding the industry as a whole, AI is a big thing. You need to know how to use it correctly to (hopefully) produce quality code. This is a really rough time in the industry, for many reasons not at all related to AI. The economy is shit, globally. There is a lot of uncertainty, globally. Jobs are absolutely not secure. I’ve been laid off 3 times since 2020. And no, I wasn’t the only layoff. One company got rid of all their IT staff save for the IT director and one (overworked) support technician.

If you’re asking because you want to go into software as a career…………… don’t. Go into healthcare.

+1 for Idaho, they deserve it.

It will be quietly repealed or ignored entirely

Meanwhile I go to IMDb and am not forced to create an account.