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The norm is vast business where tech is ean enabler, not the actual thing itself.
It's just the get rich quick story of VC path that pulled a certain type of introverted high iq personality to it.
AI is now showing that emperor has no clothes.
Does not bode well for candidates.
First stop blocking iOS pwas from simply installing to the home screen, and don't clear out data in 7 days. Then we'll talk about your browser being better.
Hence we can't take this lesson to the workplace.
Bad for tech, but good for equity.
Dislike of ai is because of societal reasons. we should embrace it in our products.
Can't believe HN sentiment is taking adobe's side over open source, just because the latter used AI.
The haters aren't seeing the direction, and proven examples.
You may not like or disagree with it. But it's the true answer.
I'd gently submit to the author that these are not opposites. Knowledge commodification is good, and so is deep understanding.
Good article.
This means the newer SWEs have to now get some real-world connection / get their hands literally dirty to be valuable.
Everyone's not walking around worrying about the gig-worker or the driver or the janitor, beyond the fact that that they get food on time, reach where they want to be, and walk on clean ground.
I even presented the solutions to these. Don't fake pity me - that's easy internet keyboard warrior thing. Do the work of changing the system you're part of.
This is exactly the value of a person in all capitalistic systems. If we want to change this we need widespread socialism / UBI. Maybe Georgism.
The fact that you're a good friend or partner to someone definitely has value, but not something anyone cares about.
If you're looking for a UX idea, when the phone boots, it asks "What are the top 5 things you do?". And that's how the phone experience starts.
All the best. (Ignore the silly haters, they're lost in their AI pessimism to just look forward to a new intersting thing).
I don't like the unnecessary defensiveness by the author to pangram proof.
There's no alignment except the arrow of entropy.