Rob Fuller

Honest question:

How many bad ideas at your company only didn’t happen because they were too hard to build?

For all the positive new development supported by Ai, the opposite side of that coin is “citizen developers” now have power tools with no idea where the sharp end is..

Mar 17 at 10:41pmWeb
Show threadThe DoctorMar 17
@mubix None, unfortunately.
Show threadRob FullerMar 17
@drwho LOL, not sure if you were lucky or that was unfortunate ;)
Show threadThe DoctorMar 18
@mubix Every resource was put toward the worst ideas. The actual good ones either never happened or were built sub rosa out of desperation.
Show threadMatt OrganMar 17

@mubix what goes around comes around over the years. The concept has always existed and AI is just the new version on steroids.

Visual basic was the last clear demonstration of citizen developers I can remember. VisiCalc/Lotus123/Excel was the version before it. Plenty of benefits if execution is well considered and yet plenty of pain in the wrong hands.

How many people are still scarred by "this previously unknown and undocumented access/excel application abomination is now mission critical but the single author, Bob, retired last year".

Sometimes it feels like IT careers in reverse engineering are regularly built on the ashes of poor decisions past.

Show threadCassanderMar 18
@Slater450413 @mubix You get ashes to poke through? Lucky.
Show threadMatt OrganMar 18

@drsbaitso lol 😂

(my mind went straight to Monty Python Life of Brian)