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1. torben-friis · 1790026444 · focus · HN ↗

   Here's my constant question:

   Everyone's going so fast that they keep hitting walls. Review, CI, product asking for things, whatever.

   Why have we not seen an improvements in products?

   While every post and thread feels like a 90's wall street office, the new android and iphone ship with fewer features than usual. No indie guys come up with a linux-sized alternative OS. Switch 2 remains unhacked. Windows takes 3 seconds to show the right click menu.

   Is everyone just running full speed in circles or something?

   1. thelastgallon · 1790087226 · focus · HN ↗

      There won't be any improvement in products. Most of software development is kayfabe performed for clueless executives. Meaningless and worse than useless software being developed as something new, because new gets promotion, bonus. Everyone is always developing something new and sometimes 3 - 6 new solutions by different orgs at the same time for the same problem. New means an additional slide for your manager, and cumulatively, multiple managers slides make a nice slide deck for your Director/VP and it keeps going up. Anybody who has worked in big corp knows this. Even if AI makes people more productive (a big IF), shoveling shit faster ain't gonna make a difference.

      1. orphereus · 1790087360 · focus · HN ↗

         If most software development is for clueless executives, and therefore subpar and useless in the grand scheme of things, why do we still need clueless executives. How much resources would be better allocated in the whole humanity if it was not for the clueless executives spending resources on garbage.

         1. thelastgallon · 1790087511 · focus · HN ↗

            We 'need' clueless executives for empire building. They need more headcount for more pay. Then need more pay because they deserve it.

            1. orphereus · 1790087672 · focus · HN ↗

               What do you mean by empire building?

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