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Big brain tech dude got yet another clueless take over at HackerNews etc? Here's the place to vent. Orange site, VC foolishness, all welcome.

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[–] HotsauceHurricane@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] whome@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I think so, in a way "vibe" fits for him bc of his non technical music background but still it's somewhat sacreligious to put him in the same category with vibe coders.

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 11 points 10 months ago (2 children)

it should be, but he's been actively promoting the stuff

[–] foenkyfjutschah@programming.dev 8 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)
[–] corbin@awful.systems 6 points 10 months ago

Rick Rubin hasn't literally been caught with a dead woman like Phil Spector, but he's well-understood to be a talentless creep who radicalizes men with right-wing beliefs and harasses women. Nobody should be surprised that he's thrown in with grifters yet again, given his career.