> It's only with the emergence of whiny, persnickety Unix devs who refused to leave the comforting embrace of their editor of choice that...
> It's only with the emergence of whiny, persnickety Unix devs who refused to leave the comforting embrace of their editor of choice that shops in the internet/dotcom/startup tradition embraced a "use whatever tools you want" philosophy. They had uncharacteristically enormous leverage over the tech stack being deployed in such businesses and could force employers to make that concession. And anyway, what some of them could do with vi blew the boss's mind. They had enormous leverage because they were more productive then the drones who use whatever tools they are handed and lack the curiosity to use anything else. These breathless reports of increased productivity are constant, but why is there no evidence of that productivity increase otherwise? Why hasn't there been a surge of side-project video games on Steam? Why is github down so often despite Microsoft's commitment to AI? The AI tools make it easier to do things that were already easy, but the minute your code gets interesting these tools are an absolute mess.
Posted by bigfishrunning on Mar 6, 2026, 7:20 PM
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I can't recall who said it, but "The biggest problem with golden ages is that you never realize you're in one until it's over".
[BUG] No response from API error when Advisor is triggered
I thought the general premise is that humans can't form social groups bigger than around ~200.
great, now can we convince the rest of the internet to start adding AAAA records and ipv6 endpoints for things.
> It's only with the emergence of whiny, persnickety Unix devs who refused to leave the comforting embrace of their editor of choice that...
Contrary to some other comments: no, IPV6 hasn't taken over the world at all.
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> It's only with the emergence of whiny, persnickety Unix devs who refused to leave the comforting embrace of their editor of choice that...
> It's only with the emergence of whiny, persnickety Unix devs who refused to leave the comforting embrace of their editor of choice that shops in the internet/dotcom/startup tradition embraced a "use whatever tools you want" philosophy. They had uncharacteristically enormous leverage over the tech stack being deployed in such businesses and could force employers to make that concession. And anyway, what some of them could do with vi blew the boss's mind. They had enormous leverage because they were more productive then the drones who use whatever tools they are handed and lack the curiosity to use anything else. These breathless reports of increased productivity are constant, but why is there no evidence of that productivity increase otherwise? Why hasn't there been a surge of side-project video games on Steam? Why is github down so often despite Microsoft's commitment to AI? The AI tools make it easier to do things that were already easy, but the minute your code gets interesting these tools are an absolute mess.
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