Early October links!

Alli Grant Est. 1 minutes (212 words)
The same old topics, one more time with feeling

I’ve been holding off on posting this and I don’t have a good reason why! Here’s some links.

generative ai / software development (they’re linked this week)

https://www.wheresyoured.at/saaspocalypse-now/ https://www.wheresyoured.at/subprimeai/ https://ludic.mataroa.blog/blog/i-will-fucking-piledrive-you-if-you-mention-ai-again

Oh look it’s more .. everything about how the tech industry is currently eating itself alive. Sigh.

https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2024/10/githubs-copilot-lies-about-its-own-documentation-so-why-would-i-trust-it-with-my-code/

… including why I hate the idea that any of this will be useful for software. I have a few friends who keep sharing “look at the neat thing I did with ChatGPT” posts and the errors are blatant, just like this. I don’t understand it.

https://rethinkingsoftware.substack.com/p/why-scrum-is-stressing-you-out

Have I shared this one before? I feel like I should have. It’s one of the traps scrum teams fall into a lot, that scrum just becomes waterfall rapids instead of guided planning.

gaming

https://auratriolo.com/blog/2024/09/20/ask-quicktime-events/

Quicktime events – the why.

social media

https://pxlnv.com/blog/guided-by-vices/

When I open any of the official clients for the most popular social media platforms — Instagram, Threads, X, or YouTube — I am thrust into an environment where I am no longer encouraged to have a good time on my own terms.

Yeah, basically.

https://www.citationneeded.news/posse/

Cute name for a good approach. I’m a fan.

music

https://minasheep.bandcamp.com/album/dont-think-so-good-ep

MinaSheep knocking it out of the park again. Fantastic.

https://louiezong.bandcamp.com/album/lets-a-go

Disco Mario remixes. Love it. No notes.