I'm curious to connect with any other software engineering professionals. The excitement around AI is great and I love working with all these new AI code assist tools has honestly unlocked my ability to produce more features and more projects without help from other humans. My main concern though, is the general hype being parroted about "software engineering is dead," seems tripe, even dangerous. There are very large optics campaigns out there to sell AI services, and the actual capabilities of these new tools don't match the hype. Don't get me wrong, they're amazing to work with, but they aren't replacing the need for people anytime soon. I've found that while the coding agents out there today can write lots of code, fast. They aren't very good at software engineering as anything more than a junior engineer. They can be controlled and channeled into writing good code and can make very quick work of small tasks or from-scratch small examples. I've found them useful in other capacities too. They feel very much like highly energetic yet very junior coders. They make a lot of mistakes and need to be monitored in order to produce good results. Does anyone else relate to this? Are there any other software engineering professionals in this group? What do you think?

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Tool: Gemini 2.5 Flash Image (Nano Banana) Why This Tool: Google's Nano Banana lets you generate images from text and edit them with simple instructions, all while keeping characters and subjects consistent across multiple images (perfect for creating branded content series without hiring a designer for every variation). Best For: Coaches creating consistent social media content series, small business owners building branded visual campaigns, marketers testing ad concepts before hiring designers, content creators who need the same character or product across multiple scenes Cost: Available through Gemini app with usage limits based on your Google AI plan (check ai.google.dev/pricing for current rates) Website: https://gemini.google/overview/image-generation/ Quick Win Prompt: "Think of a character or mascot that represents your brand (could be a person, animal, or object). Open the Gemini app, describe your character in detail (appearance, clothing, style), and generate your first image. Then create three more images with that same character in different settings or poses using prompts like 'the same character now holding a coffee cup' or 'the same character at a desk working.' You now have a consistent visual identity for your next content series." Other Things Nano Banana Can Do: - Natural language editing: Take any generated image and refine it by simply describing what you want changed (like "make the background darker" or "add a laptop on the desk") - Multi-image combining: Merge elements from several source images into one cohesive result, perfect for creating composite mockups or blending brand elements - API integration: Build Nano Banana directly into your apps or workflows using Gemini API or Vertex AI for automated image generation at scale - Precise character consistency: Generate entire visual stories or product demonstrations where the same face, outfit, or branded element appears reliably across dozens of images

Here's the prompt I'm using in Perplexity Comet AI browser to reply to lead magnet comments: (note: only do it for short bursts of time, don't leave it running for a long time) --- Reply to each comment that contains the word "Sabrina" (case insensitive) with the following message, without quotation marks: "MESSAGE" If you reach the end of comments and see a button "SHOW MORE REPLIES", click the button. This will load more comments, so you can continue replying to the additional comments.

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