AI has an untapped potential as performance art.
- create a software product that does nothing
- expose an agent to users that implements and force merges any feature that they can dream up

I call it "Product Management is Dead, Long Live Product Management".

I'm stuck between "there should be no barrier to creating software, everyone should get the joy of watching their creation come to life" and "we don't need more dogshit software that solves no purpose, we have more than enough already"

being successful in a legacy codebase is a lot like having the right attitude to have fun a the Renaissance faire. it's a delicate balance of modern sophistication and ye olde whimsy.

You can take part in the festivities like watching a blacksmith make what you hope isn't a cast iron chastity belt but don't take a shit in the middle of the street. Much like you can spin up a .net 3.5 app pool but don't use Microsoft's Enterprise Library for .net 2.0