Poll: If you were abruptly called on to operate a sailboat, do you believe you would be able to do it?
Poll: Imagine you were suddenly thrust into a situation where you were the only person available to deliver a baby. How screwed are you/the mother/the baby?
(Assume six minutes to prepare, and access to a first aid kit as well as the objects, like bedsheets and cookware, you'd find in a typical suburban home.)
Poll: Which of the following pieces of computer software do you feel confident you could write, if you had to do it yourself?
(Assume a reasonable amount of time and access to reasonable educational resources to use for reference while doing the writing. Assume you have access to no form of "generative AI". Assume the scope of which features are supported by the OS or compiler is one of the things you're supposed to be able to decide on yourself to complete the task.)
@mcc@mastodon.social none of the above: the whole internet isn't a reasonable educational resource, and in I haven't programmed without that for a very long time.
