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Re: Engineering management after the cost of code collapsed

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post #6

The worse problem is blog posts after the cost of writing collapsed. Not everything has to be written as though it’s a middle manager’s idea of what makes for a good TED talk.

I closed the tab after seeing the AI hero image. Good to know I didn't miss anything.

Re: Engineering management after the cost of code collapsed

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post #10
post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I read this entire article and didn’t sniff AI, plus it had some good insights…?

Feels like a human-authored outline that was run through AI to make it into an article.

Well it contains a typo, so it made a cock up.

Re: Engineering management after the cost of code collapsed

#13
post #8
post #6

The worse problem is blog posts after the cost of writing collapsed. Not everything has to be written as though it’s a middle manager’s idea of what makes for a good TED talk.

I read this entire article and didn’t sniff AI, plus it had some good insights…?

AI image, though.

Re: Engineering management after the cost of code collapsed

#14
post #6

The worse problem is blog posts after the cost of writing collapsed. Not everything has to be written as though it’s a middle manager’s idea of what makes for a good TED talk.

Yes the article took a while to get going, but once it did it was thoughtful and well reasoned.

Re: Engineering management after the cost of code collapsed

#15
post #6

The worse problem is blog posts after the cost of writing collapsed. Not everything has to be written as though it’s a middle manager’s idea of what makes for a good TED talk.

I closed the tab after seeing the AI hero image. Good to know I didn't miss anything.

Reading the domain-name had the same effect for me.

Re: Engineering management after the cost of code collapsed

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post #6

The worse problem is blog posts after the cost of writing collapsed. Not everything has to be written as though it’s a middle manager’s idea of what makes for a good TED talk.

Yes the article took a while to get going, but once it did it was thoughtful and well reasoned.

Thank you very much for the kind words :)

Re: Engineering management after the cost of code collapsed

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post #10
post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I read this entire article and didn’t sniff AI, plus it had some good insights…?

Feels like a human-authored outline that was run through AI to make it into an article.

I've written this myself, Gemini 4 did a bit of editing:

> What follows is a cleaned-up version of notes I accumulated over the past year. Gemini 4 helped with the editing.

The image is made by an AI image generator on fal.ai. It's better I spare you all my design skills :)

Re: Engineering management after the cost of code collapsed

#18
post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Feels like a human-authored outline that was run through AI to make it into an article.

Well it contains a typo, so it made a cock up.

More than that, the AI disclaimer itself is a hallucination:

> Gemini 4 helped with the editing.

There is no Gemini 4, unless the author is writing from the future.

Re: Engineering management after the cost of code collapsed

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post #6

The worse problem is blog posts after the cost of writing collapsed. Not everything has to be written as though it’s a middle manager’s idea of what makes for a good TED talk.

I closed the tab after seeing the AI hero image. Good to know I didn't miss anything.

You did miss something. But the picture doesn’t help…why would you start an article with an image that telegraphs “low effort”?
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