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Oh no! Jim Griffin has died. ❤️ attack.
What a #loss. A sharp mind and a splendid nose for the next thing in #tech and #music.
Jim Griffin was the first to put a full song online. (It was June 27, 1…

At 27 pages into Gil Duršn’s new book “The Nerd Reich” I came full stop at this sentence:
“As many political schools of thought do, these technolibertarians make a philosophy out of a personality defect.”
Simply and elegantly stated. The various techno-optimistic philosophies running around Silicon Valley and the venture capital community are toxic and inhumane. We are desperately in need of a new tech manifesto that puts human wellbeing, acceptance, compassion and love as first principals. Why do we write code if not for this? The current direction of technology leadership has taken a wrong turn onto a dark and destructive path. This needs to change.
This is a great book so far. Highly recommend it.
#GilDuran #TheNerdReich #Tech

The crisis of software development comes from two contradictory rules:
- Up-front thinking is Waterfall; we must only learn by shipping
- There's no time for rework, so everything needs to be done right the first time
Bosses thought #AI could break this contradiction. But synthetic insights and vibe code don't actually enable faster discovery & delivery. They are a (poor) alternative to doing these things AT ALL.
#tech #softwareDevelopment #UX #UXDesign #llm

Quality has already been sacrificed in the name of velocity. Next on the chopping block: alignment. Talking to others about what needs building is now being framed as unnecessary friction. Automating (skipping) this step with AI leads to teams disintegrating into individuals, tackling problems based on saliency rather than the value of solving them.
The only way to restore coherence in products is to invest in design, not AI.
#UX #UXDesign #tech #softwareDevelopment