We use Jira. We're trapped by the processes built around it. Once it's entrenched, it's rather difficult to remove. I eagerly await for something that can replace Jira, but fear that it too will be bastardized to fit the process for however long the process lives.
Linear has a very different vibe to it, but that's not inherently a bad thing. Have used Jira plenty, and even ServiceNow Agile Development (FML, makes Jira look like a paragon of software experience), but Linear is quite refreshing.
If someone like OpenAI or Anthropic pulls it off, and imposes strong opinions similar to SAP (your business adheres to their vertical model vs them tailoring SAP to your unique business), I think it could replace Atlassian tools (Jira and Confluence specifically) relatively quickly. Call it “Planner” or something similar. Tell the Robot what you want and have it build and manage the plan. Atlassian’s revenue is their opportunity.
I'm curious whether this is due to their insistence on using home grown tools ie, Kiro and not Codex/Cursor/Claude et all? I tried Kiro and quickly left.
I've largely found codex and claude code to be about the same however, codex tends to "think" harder and for longer which depending on the task, yields better results without too much steering.
On an unrelated note, UI is such a personal preference that it's impossible, beyond core pillars that have been studied for decades, to say one is better over the other. That being said, I like OpenAI's design system much better than Anthropic. OpenAI products (cli and chat ui) "feel" nice and consumer focused whereas Anthropic's products feel utilitarian and "designed for business".
It's hard to take the author seriously when this immediately follows the post. I can only conclude that this post was for the views not anything to learn from or be concerned about.
what's truly incredible is that this person is selling bootcamps.
the things they "didn't realize" or "didn't know" are basics. they're things you would know if you spent any time at all with terraform or AWS.
all the remediations are table stakes. things you should at least know about before using terraform. things you would learn by skimming the docs (or at least asking Claude about best practices).
even ignoring the technical aspects, a tiny amount of consideration at any point in that process would have made it clear to any competent person that they should stop and question their assumptions.
I mean, shit happens. good engineers take down prod all the time. but damn man, to miss those basics entirely while selling courses on engineering is just astounding.
the grifter mentality is probably so deeply engrained that I'm willing to bet that they never once thought "I'm totally qualified to sell courses", let alone question the thought.
It's hard to take you take seriously. His blog has a generic "read more" footer and that's a demerit worth mentioning? What do serious people in your world that write blogs do? Not want people to read their other content? In what world do you live in that writers (serious or not) don't want you to read their other work?
Some people seem think that self promotion is wrong and work should stand on its own merits. I don’t think this way. It’s important to think about engaging and attracting eyes to your ideas. If you don’t why bother sharing them?
Most of what I've been reading on either side of the argument is reductive. It's possible to have a take based on one's perspective and experience but it's impossible (at this time) to generalize things more broadly. I think what most people feel is multi-faceted: efficiency expectations from "leaders", job change inevitability (perceived or real), economic impact (should things not go well), loss of identity (am I a programmer, engineer, manager of things?), and several others. The discussions on the multiplicative effect of LLMs are being framed as a false dichotomy when it's far more complicated and nuanced.
Life is stressful (in some respects, overly so), but we’ve dealt with this for millennia by having a strong support system. Not to be reductive over the multitudes of problems people face today, but most can and should be solvable by having a good support system. Family and good friends with whom you can speak frankly can do wonders. It doesn’t solve the affordability or job problems, but having someone to talk to, someone that you can trust and has lived experience, can go a long way. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve solved “problems” or at least lessened their impact, by consulting family and friends.
Indeed. I think better "built environments that are conducive to community" are important, and can help things like this. ie things to reverse the "bowling alone" type trends.
I always find this characterization baffling. Why does it matter if it's a 24 year-old vs 30, 35, or 50? Many aspects of life that we hold near and dear were created by very "young" people.
I just want whoever is next in line to make Siri perform reliably and consistently. Not 70% of the time of even 90% of the time, 100% of the time for the limited uses cases that most (perhaps just me?) people use it for:
- Call "person"
- Call "business" (please don't say "I don't see so and so in your contacts" and on a second try, work)
- Find "place" (while driving)
- Define "phrase or word" (please don't say I found this on the web)
- Set a timer or alarm
- Check the messages (in a sane way)
- Set reminders (this one surprisingly works well)
- Use intents correctly (I just want to be able to say "play 99% invisible in Overcast")
It doesn't need to do all the fancy things they show-cased last year. It just needs to do the basics really well and build from there.
An underrated and oft understated rule is always have backups, and if you're paranoid enough, backups of backups (I use Time Machine and Backblaze). There should be absolutely no reason why deleting files should be a catastrophic issue for anyone in this space. Perhaps you lose a couple of hours restoring files, but the response to that should be "Let me try a different approach". Yes, it's caveat emptor and all, but these companies should be emphasizing backups. Hell, it can be shovelware for the uninitiated but at least users will be reminded.
Most importantly it would actually reveal the lie they are all trying to sell. Why would you need backups if it's so useful and stable? I'm not going to ask it to nuke my hard drive after all.
Good thing this is not an average user then. This is someone programming a computer, which is a skill that requires being more than simply a user.
I'm sorry, but how low is the bar when "make backups" is "too difficult" for someone who's trying to program a computer? The entire point of programming a computer is knowing how it works and knowing what you're doing. If you can't make backups, frankly, you shouldn't be programming, because backups are a lot easier than programming...
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