Viewing profile — askafriend

A nightmare client would be a nightmare client regardless of the technology involved. I can definitely believe that it's way more annoying with the false confidence effect it tends…

25 years ago, you were 25 years younger. Maybe it's not the computers that you miss.

You can see their ego trying to protect itself.

> The AI makes an indecipherable mess Humans are perfectly capable of this themselves and in fact often do it...

I think it’s exactly like going from paper spreadsheet to Excel in some very important aspects of engineering (but not all). I really encourage you to update your priors since capa…

Why didn't you ask to get the accounts provisioned?

I bet poor investment planning and low-paying roles despite the years of experience.

Heavy is the head that wears the crown, I guess. The entire car dealership lobby hates Tesla, for example.

Why shouldn't the author use LLMs to assist their writing? The issue is how tools are used, not that they are used at all.

If it conveys the intended information then what's wrong with that? You're fighting a tsunami here. People are going to use LLMs to help their writing now and forever.

It's because A LOT of people are. I can't imagine doing it any other way now that I've adopted all the tooling. I haven't hand-written more than a dozen lines of code in months. Th…

I'm actually quite familiar with the history of app stores and getting people to pay for software on the internet. I grew up in this timeline so I have first-hand experience too. B…

Great thought, that seems very likely since so many "founder stories" are heavily spun tales.

Developers want a stable, secure platform where they can reach customers that trust the platform and are willing to transact. Everything is downstream of that, including any philos…

While I understand the author's point, IMO we're unlikely to do anything that results in slowing down first. Especially in a competitive, corporate context that involves building s…

The thing people seem to forget about Jobs is that he really was that good, that obsessive/dedicated and that visionary. It's that simple. His process resulted in some of the most …

Exactly this. It's inherent in the process and way of thinking. It's a dangerous path to pursue for entrepreneurs. How can the results be anything but disposable and frivolous when…

Well also SpongeBob is excellent and one of the greatest shows ever made.

This is even funnier.

Definitely this. A total lack of awareness and tact demonstrated by OP.

Doesn't every city feel mismanaged though? If you asked people from SF, Seattle or NYC - they might all say the same. They'd think they were the most mismanaged in America. I'm gen…

I find joy in the process of surmounting difficult things. I think there's a lot of intrinsic satisfaction in knowing no one can stop you.

I like your comment and framing, I think it highlights a lot of salient points about the device. But to be fair similar-style criticisms were levied against the iPhone (right down …