2026-04-01 09:01 UTC
Like many software developers, I fear AI will be taking most of our jobs.
So in conjunction with my friend, Louise Blockidge, the best tradesperson I've ever met. We're starting a bootcamp to retrain software developers as plumbers; the pay is great, it won't get take by AI and when you fix something it stays fixed, unlike every microservice I've ever deployed.
Find out more: https://www.daveliddament.co.uk/articles/systems-to-cisterns/
Replies (6)
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@nicwortel@phpc.social 2026-04-01 09:06
@DaveLiddament great idea! If you think about it, there are quite a few parallels between plumbing and dealing with legacy projects 😉
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@heiglandreas@phpc.social 2026-04-01 09:16
@DaveLiddament "I should've learned something decent"-as-a-service .... Great idea!
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@lechimp@mastodon.pub.solar 2026-04-01 20:57
@DaveLiddament @jrf_nl this is the way 🫶
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@brbcoding@indieweb.social 2026-04-01 23:23
@DaveLiddament I really wish this wasn't a joke.
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@deborahh@cosocial.ca 2026-04-01 23:34
@DaveLiddament @jpaskaruk I LOVE THIS.
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@the5thColumnist@mstdn.ca 2026-04-01 23:37
@DaveLiddament Oh just wait, I'm sure it's coming - "need a shit, there's an app for that". And the inevitable "sorry cannot connect to the cloud, you are going to have to hold it in" error messages.