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Why Are We Still Doing This?

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Why Are We Still Doing This?

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Ed Zitron's Where's Your Ed At
Mar 17 at 4:40pmWeb
Show threadSchiendelmanMar 17
This page bothered me with two popups and an ad above the content before I got to start reading.
Show threadericmcerMar 17

He wants $7/mo to read hot takes like: "Anthropic turned $30 billion into $5 billion. That’s…bad. That’s just bad business."

Is this his first time looking into the tech industry?

Show threadnh23423fefeMar 17
Immediate close
Show threadtptacekMar 17
Post Opus 4.5, this pundit who does not write software has concluded that the case for coding agents has gotten weaker, not stronger, to the point where we might as well declare the debate settled in his favor. It takes him 8,000 words to do so.
Show threadjohnnyanmacMar 20
He uses financial numbers to back it up. What are SWE's using? The stock market?Is the DOW being 50k enough of a justification?
Show threadtptacekMar 20
Oh. Sorry! I didn't realize he was using Financial Numbers to back it up.
Show threadHavocMar 17

> boosters are no longer allowed to explain what’s good about AI using the future tense. You can no longer say […]

I look forward to seeing how author think he’s going to enforce the rules he dreamed up for other people. Honestly wth

Show threadjohnnyanmacMar 20
People need answers and decisions now, not in some magical future. The moment the stock dries on AI, suddenly "the future" won't be a good topic. Investors are cashing in on this whole economy as we speak.
Show threadTaupeRangerMar 17
"You're not allowed to tell me that the fledgling technology that has been getting steadily better for the past 3 years is likely to continue getting better." ...and there's my cue to close the window.
Show threadjohnnyanmacMar 20
We've already seen signs that progress is slowing. Companies are so desperate to try and prove that this is linear or even expontial growth. But in reality it feels logarithmic.
Show threadmahemmMar 18
My FAANG employer launched a service ~6 months ago that today seems millions of DAUs. This service was 100% vibe coded. This service was created 20x faster than the median launch, and had notably fewer issues than the median launch. If AI stopped improving today, it would be a technological leap equivalent to a new high-level language paradigm for us.