Anil DashSo much of what's wrong with tech started from one simple phenomenon: focusing on the money-movers instead of people who actually *make* shit. Real technology matters. Inventors over investors, every time. Founders over funders. Writing code > writing checks. https://www.anildash.com/2025/10/24/founders-over-funders/
fuzzyfuzzyfungus@anildash I'm not sure if it's a symptom; or if we also need to mention the move away from actually making shit as a cause.
It's a lot easier to get lulled into the VC hagiography when the people writing code are plugging away at 50 different ways to make adtech slightly more awful because it's basically true that it's all fungible finance-paste.
Much easier to be interested in the creator when the creation is interesting, not just possibly profitable.