This is very aggressively (perhaps too aggressively) stated, but he's absolutely right. People are all worried their ideas are gonna be "stolen", and my friends, I can assure you that won't be the problem.

@codinghorror

Well spoken. Ideas are a dime a dozen. It is designs that are the hard parts.

@megatronicthronbanks @codinghorror

Little column A, little column B.

Broad ideas like... Make it work good.
Are a dime a dozen.

But an equation and basic implementation proof of concept all packaged together? Now that's the stuff.

But even then. The ideas that get green lit... The people doing it often don't fully understand the business realities. So I feel like the make stuff gooder ideas often win out.

There is also a bias towards new and flashy tech over time tested methods implemented well.

That's one of the reasons AI is getting shoved into everything right now. It's 'sexy'.