Thanks for providing some actual facts.
So many people flailing around to justify their feelings rather than thinking rationally.
It is time to give up arguments without evidence.
Disappointing - not a very insightful list
If you've ever undertaken the task of documenting entire workflows, then you know that you quickly put up the white flag at the word "entire". When you actually talk to people about what they do there are often many,…
>> It reeks of cope. haha, well said, I've got to remember that one. HN is a smelly place when it comes to AI coping.
That's an excellent job of teaching - thank you!
You get to keep your job instead of being replaced by someone willing to use the latest tools.
Let's just imagine we're critiquing cars or planes in about 1910. They're so flawed. No one can say with certainty whether or how they will improve. Side note of interest, from Wikipedia: "Flying Machines Which Do Not…
There's a lot of resistance to AI amongst the people in this discussion, which is probably to be expected. A chunk of the objections indicate people trying to shoehorn in their old way of thinking and working. I think…
Is the UX of the name any indication of the UX of the product?
I think this was more comprehensively described by The (Eight) Laws of Software Evolution: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lehman%27s_laws_of_software_ev... This subject always reminds me of something someone said,…
Great idea, thanks for doing this. But - why is the most important information, the title, in such a light, hard to read, font? The title should stand out, not the comments count etc. See... Hackernews! :-)
I don't understand the glee so many people have over this. I love being able to use Generative AI tools. How is it different than if I asked a person to draw these pictures for me? I know someone will gleefully clobber…
I gave a presentation many years ago to a software process group in Silicon Valley entitled, "Unsolved Problems of Software Maintenance". The problems are all still there. Having done lots of both greenfield and…
That's an awesome site. What tools did you use?
> pearl clutching Says it all
Haha, me too, I read that sentence and closed the tab.
Headline: Too many Americans living where they choose to live.
"It's so crowded no one goes there any more." Attributed to old baseball player, Yogi Berra. I.e., Too many Americans living where they choose to live.
I developed a dynamic analysis/IDE tool for old IBM systems. I was told by VC's that IT management never spends significant money on programmer productivity. I think they're mostly right. Maybe because no one knows how…
Great post - the one word missing, "maintenance." Most programming work is done maintaining/enhancing existing code. The greenfield work is a piece of cake by comparison. You want to do the hard stuff? Maintain existing…
I think the author is identifying problems. Problems most people just take for granted. I give the author credit for that.
Regular people have their regular jobs to do. They want to use tools, not build them. I'm all into PowerApps and all that, but no-code for anything the least bit sizable or complex is a fantasy from citizen developers.
Someone else mentioned Strunk and White's Elements of Style, but in the true spirit of that book let me just cut to the chase and say, "omit needless words." Our brains only have so much space in them so you only get to…
Thanks for providing some actual facts.
So many people flailing around to justify their feelings rather than thinking rationally.
It is time to give up arguments without evidence.
Disappointing - not a very insightful list
If you've ever undertaken the task of documenting entire workflows, then you know that you quickly put up the white flag at the word "entire". When you actually talk to people about what they do there are often many,…
>> It reeks of cope. haha, well said, I've got to remember that one. HN is a smelly place when it comes to AI coping.
That's an excellent job of teaching - thank you!
You get to keep your job instead of being replaced by someone willing to use the latest tools.
Let's just imagine we're critiquing cars or planes in about 1910. They're so flawed. No one can say with certainty whether or how they will improve. Side note of interest, from Wikipedia: "Flying Machines Which Do Not…
There's a lot of resistance to AI amongst the people in this discussion, which is probably to be expected. A chunk of the objections indicate people trying to shoehorn in their old way of thinking and working. I think…
Is the UX of the name any indication of the UX of the product?
I think this was more comprehensively described by The (Eight) Laws of Software Evolution: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lehman%27s_laws_of_software_ev... This subject always reminds me of something someone said,…
Great idea, thanks for doing this. But - why is the most important information, the title, in such a light, hard to read, font? The title should stand out, not the comments count etc. See... Hackernews! :-)
I don't understand the glee so many people have over this. I love being able to use Generative AI tools. How is it different than if I asked a person to draw these pictures for me? I know someone will gleefully clobber…
I gave a presentation many years ago to a software process group in Silicon Valley entitled, "Unsolved Problems of Software Maintenance". The problems are all still there. Having done lots of both greenfield and…
That's an awesome site. What tools did you use?
> pearl clutching Says it all
Haha, me too, I read that sentence and closed the tab.
Headline: Too many Americans living where they choose to live.
"It's so crowded no one goes there any more." Attributed to old baseball player, Yogi Berra. I.e., Too many Americans living where they choose to live.
I developed a dynamic analysis/IDE tool for old IBM systems. I was told by VC's that IT management never spends significant money on programmer productivity. I think they're mostly right. Maybe because no one knows how…
Great post - the one word missing, "maintenance." Most programming work is done maintaining/enhancing existing code. The greenfield work is a piece of cake by comparison. You want to do the hard stuff? Maintain existing…
I think the author is identifying problems. Problems most people just take for granted. I give the author credit for that.
Regular people have their regular jobs to do. They want to use tools, not build them. I'm all into PowerApps and all that, but no-code for anything the least bit sizable or complex is a fantasy from citizen developers.
Someone else mentioned Strunk and White's Elements of Style, but in the true spirit of that book let me just cut to the chase and say, "omit needless words." Our brains only have so much space in them so you only get to…