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We are expecting a moment like when sublime was born. Sidebar map, concurrent cursors, blazing speed.

Right now its all monetization at gravity. As if companies are ready to pour software developer salaries in tools.

I imagine beginners will not have gpu rich environments and AI will not reach mainstream as traditional development did, unless something happens, idk what.

Right now, seniors love the complexity and entry barrier to it, so they can occupy the top of the food chain. History has proven that that does not last long.

In some scenarios as airtable, AI is replacing docs and customer support, eleminating the learning curve.


You should give some humility lessons...


Here’s one. “I wrote a web framework that bundles all my favorite tools and dependencies, maybe you’ll also like it” would be a great start.


In an era of constant professional extinction threat, author took risk and motivation to build an entire framework for free. And there is you attacking their ego.


AI is coming for us all, I’m not attacking, I’m simply stating the hubris in the statements pulled directly from their website.


Ok, humans have sentimental approach to information, we are not machines as you imply. Similar statement in a launch of a volunteer project is considered attack.


You mean that for toying, personal use or hobby projects, right? Otherwise people get jaw drops or facepalms.


The definition of success remains personal. Employing certain biases, too. Being successful in World Choice and Gameplay is relative, but it is also proportional to the biases.


EU did this long time ago, now they're doing it publicly. It sounded wrong back then, but turns out they were right.


> code is not an asset—it's a liability. Every line must be maintained, debugged, secured, and eventually replaced. The real asset is the business capability that code enables.

a must-have principle throughout the entire software engineering career.


Back then, all sorts of designs made the web a marvel. Until algorithms kicked in. We stripped the design in favor of machine-understandable information composition. So our thing would be most recommended by AD-pumped services/listings/directories. At the end, outreach mattered more than an elegant product. Unfortunately still does.


In addition to that, Apple and Google started enforcing style guides for apps, so a lot of the unique UIs that came about in the early days of the app store died out in favour of soulless, boxy designs that would scale well on mobile and tablet.


All people wanted was to give someone a coffee, not a fortune.


It’s not about the amounts unfortunately. Financial institutions look at who is the sender, the receiver and the recipient. If there’s a doubt to any of these 3 information, they block the transaction. And for Ukraine, they banned the whole country.


It’s perfect for money laundering. Deliver someone drugs and they pay by buying you coffee.


So is literally every e-commerce setup


I believe everyone starts a thing with ambition: "I will fix the world".

They get fixed instead!

Unfortunately, "things" begin nicely until it gains major attention. Then it loses most of the nice things.


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