Brian Pratt

@bppr
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Chattanooga, TN - software dev + sometimes consultant + enjoyer of less awful technology

virtual & real racecar enthusiast

Brian PrattOct 9, 2023
I worked with a lot of teams, and I always found it a bit funny how, in many of them, it was normal to spend a lot of time and mental effort dialing in just how much you should be fudging the story-point numbers to account for normal, acceptable, everyday work stuff
Brian PrattSep 30, 2023

Reddit was already doomed when they went public (public shareholders ruin everything, and it's a horrifying model, but I digress)

but going pay-to-post is just a final nail in the coffin

bots, content farms/sweatshops, stolen content, algorithm-chasing ... mountain of fucking garbage

Show threadBrian PrattSep 29, 2023
I hate to paint with a broad brush, but I can't deny the growing feeling that having the blue checkmark is an indication that you buy into, and want to sell, a bunch of hustle-culture bullshit (which, in my experience, almost never stands up to actual critical thought)
Brian PrattSep 29, 2023

the replies here, mostly from blue-checkmark folks, are a great example of what it looks like to be in a cult, maybe even a cargo-cult because it feels like a lot of these people are "faking it til they make it" in a way

https://twitter.com/Kmaticu/status/1707256289431110038

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