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With boot strapping at least you can de risk with consulting/freelancing. And I think with the new generation of software development tools it’s much easier to validate the core business problems without grinding out code for weeks on end.

I’m sure you also give out raisins and sugar free mints at Halloween too.


We don't get many kids coming to the house on Halloween. Only two this year. We buy this big bag of candy at Costco, and we always end up with a lot of extra, and my kids end up sitting and eating it. Not great.


I might get this with ui/styling experimentation. But shouldn’t devs have an idea of what they’re building - the specific building blocks, logical, and data flows - before you prompt? I couldn’t imagine getting three different one shot attempts at an implementation and having to validate and read through each one.


Not everything will work the first time. You could try 3 approaches and immediately discard the ones that don't pass tests. (Which is likely to be 1-2 of them)


You’re on the mark - this is the real challenge in software development. Not building software, but building software that actually accomplished the business objective. Unless of course you’re just coding for other reasons besides profit.


I agree... but not at the engineering level.

This is, IMO, a leadership-level problem. You'll always (hopefully) have an engineering manager or staff-level engineer capable of keeping the dev team in check.

I say it's a leadership problem because "partnering with X", "getting Y to market first", and "Z fits our current... strategy" seem to take precedence over what customers really ask for and what engineering is suggesting actually works.


How much of this zeitgeist is fueled by Elon’s ketamine dependency issues? Certainly non zero!


Gotta keep that cash flowing! Society be damned.


This is performance - the human brain doesn’t work like this.


I've frequently had points in my career where this is just life. It comes down to planning when you do which tasks. I'm absolutely not at peak decision making capacity, but sometimes you aren't making decisions, just executing on work that takes time.


Typing syntax and dealing with language issues takes a lot of mental overhead that AI mostly solves in the right hands. It’s not zero!


I’m sure it’s great.

As a layman there’s no way I’m running something called “Pop!_OS” versus Mac OS.


How'd you get here - "as a layman"?


You're missing out. I've daily-driven both, modern macOS feels like a Fischer Price operating system by comparison.


Meh, it's kind of a silly name, sure, but it's one of the few distros backed by an actual vendor (System76) who isn't just trying to sucker you into buying something. As a result it has a nice level of polish and function.

I like macOS fine, I have been using Macs since 1984 (though things like SIP grate).


Why does SIP grate? For my work machines I really want features like SIP to prevent fuckups and malware (especially considering how much code a random rust or node application pulls in).

For tinkering machines and servers and stuff of course that’s a different story..


You can always disable it on your tinkering machines.


I used Android for many years. I got to the point where I didn’t care about or want to customize my phone anymore.

I was tired of my Android phone feeling like it was falling apart after a year.

I have enough things to think about, troubleshoot, and tinker with…I don’t need my phone to add to that list.


Which phone brand did you use where it was falling apart after a year? The rest of your comment sounds like you're saying you preferred the iPhone because it takes the option of customizability away from you entirely, instead of simply sticking to the level of customization on Android that worked for you.


Samsung Galaxy S3, HTC EVO 4g, Motorola Droid.

I used to do all kinds of things…tether to my laptop without it being supported in my data plan, torrent, etc.

I also got tired of the platform skins depending on the manufacturer.

If I’m not going to utilize the customization of Android, then I might as well go with the more consistent and refined experience out of the box.

Also iMessage! Hate to say it but my social group is primarily iOS so the experience is superior.


Might as well disqualify the iPhone for not having an Instagram app or a file manager if your frame of reference is 2010.


> Samsung Galaxy S3, HTC EVO 4g, Motorola Droid.

Sharing your opinions without first prefacing they're 12-17 years out of date is disingenuous


for my case, my S21U's back literally fall apart, not the battery issue, the glue just simply gave up


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