i had always presumed my understanding of theory was weak because of my formal education in microelectronics – instead of computer science – plus my self-taught/ad-hoc education in implementing software for IT applications, and that this was the primary reason why some colleagues and management displayed a clearly resentful professional tolerance toward me while i was getting paid to be a software engineer.

but having to review actual vibe coding for the first time in my life; plus that earlier episode of piefed’s bad security practices; has made me realize that they only directed that bile at me because i was proud to be a dirty “pinko” (their words). lmao.