#Goodbye #TopazLabs, has been a terrible time together. Your change to a subscription model with bribes for "Founding members" has been an inspiration to find alternatives and part ways.

#Topaz #AI #badPractices #software #subscriptions #capitalism

#swe #micromanagement #scrum #badpractices

https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/03/on_call/

Not only does hot-desking make workers feel under-valued and disrespected, but it also reduces productivity. Every morning, at a new desk, I have to reset the positions of my various windows. And sometimes the mouse has a different sensitivity and I have to fix that, too.

Like the one I've got today. I've got the mouse tracking speed maxed out, and it still feels sluggish. WTF?

#HotDesking #workplace #BadPractices #office #BadIdeas

Why agents are bad pair programmers

https://justin.searls.co/posts/why-agents-are-bad-pair-programmers/

#HackerNews #agents #pairprogramming #programming #badpractices #softwaredevelopment

I just got an email from a journal inviting me to submit a paper for a upcoming special issue. Instead of asking me to say yes or no, it asked me to create an account on its web site and submit my yes or no through the web site. I said no by email. No to the paper, no to the web site.

#BadPractices #ScholComm

Nach 1 1/2 Jahren habe ich @threemaapp auf Ubuntu-Desktop wieder einmal getestet.

Die ist auch jetzt wieder sofort von meinem Rechner geflogen, da die Entwickler das Eventprogramming nicht im Griff haben und die Desktopapp bei Verbindungsverlust (und das ständig!! wtf??) in einem Polling-Loop meine CPU verschwendet. Auch muss man dauernd manuell "reconnecten".

Ich habe damals den Support darauf aufmerksam gemacht, passiert ist nichts. Was für ein Schrott.

#threema #badpractices #rant