Early October links!
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.
… 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.