EPISODE 10 Sigh.The Boss has written an app and is quite pleased with himself. The higher-ups are even more pleased because it apparently saves us money. They're so pleased, in fact, they're mandating that it be installed on Company phones. The Boss writing an app in the first place is a red flag so large it could claim a world record, but it gets worse as he wants us to help sell it to the plebs.The PFY and I aren't having a bar of it as there's a fair chance that he's reinvented the wheel – after making it "better" by removing all those pesky curved bits. I've deliberately not asked to look at the source code, as I expect it'll be 40,000 lines of improvised (not interpreted) BASIC.
"I used AI to make it," the Boss offers.
Ah. Initially I'd thought the Boss must've watched a bunch of YouTube videos on programming, but I now realize that his laziness gene kicked in early and he's been "vibe-coding."The horror!I upgrade my mental picture from "blind leading the blind" to "incompetent leading the blind – through a minefield. In the dark. On pogo sticks.""It's got AI in it!" the Boss whines, after the PFY and I express our doubts."So have the words failure, and painful, and brainless," the PFY points out."Maybe, but this is the perfect synergy of...""Salt and vinegar?" I suggest."What?"
