Jacob OlnessApr 10
This feels right to me.
“But the most dangerous furnace is the one that produces something functional. Teams are building demoware — pretty interfaces, working endpoints, impressive walkthroughs — with zero validation underneath.”
https://leehanchung.github.io/blogs/2026/04/05/the-ai-great-leap-forward/
The AI Great Leap Forward

In 1958, Mao ordered every village to produce steel. The steel was useless. The crops rotted. Today's top-down AI mandates are producing the same pattern: ba...

Han, Not Solo
Show threadJacob OlnessApr 10
@prietschka you may have seen this but it seems like something you’d appreciate
Show threadPaul Rietschka
@jolness I've seen it, yeah. I like the Great Leap Forward analogy a lot.
Apr 10 at 1:11amWeb
Show threadJacob OlnessApr 10
@prietschka it’s so on the nose I’m almost mad I didn’t think of it.