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Did you think for a second that maybe other people work with other languages, domains, tools and work approaches than you?

It's so bizarre that noone realizes that there's a bit of a difference between banging together JavaScript into websites, writing firmware for widgets, herding servers or fixing medical devices?

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This right here is the truth. Too often people talk in abstract ways, not disclosing what they're actually working on. And then they tell their experiences as universal facts.

The goal of software development is to eventually be done. Yes there are new incentives or new use cases that come up, but the aim should be towards a stable state where you're barely have to work on the software anymore. It's like an house where you spend a good chunk of money to build it, but afterwards you just maintain it.

That's my main issue with AI hypers. There's often no goal in sight, they're just busy for the sake of being busy. They talk about their process, but not their objectives. It's not about progress for them, it's only about being in motion.

The reason they don’t disclose what they’re working on is because it’s always some CRUD app

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