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> If by technical merits you mean "the tools all already exist" I mean the technologies that define this space, e.g. blockchains, ERC20 tokens, NFTs, and so on

by hiq 5y ago

> If by technical merits you mean "the tools all already exist" I mean the technologies that define this space, e.g. blockchains, ERC20 tokens, NFTs, and so on. I mean that in your comment, you didn't try to claim that these technologies were worth anything in themselves, just that there is a demand for them. > But, people have business ideas and want them built. I'm building those while solving new interesting problems. Does that really sound so bad as a job? No, but then you're also not in disagreement with people who find these technologies to be mostly a dead-end, since you just ignore how relevant these technologies are, you abstract away from the business requirements defined by somebody else.

IanCal 5y ago
Because I'm answering about why I work in the space currently. You're reading into what I've not said. > I mean that in your comment, you didn't try to claim that these technologies were worth anything in themselves, What's the value "in itself" of postgres? The value comes from what you can build with it, what problems you can solve. > just that there is a demand for them. Because people want to build things and those are solutions to problems they face. That's why there's demand for them. > No, but then you're also not in disagreement with people who find these technologies to be mostly a dead-end, Again you're reading into things I've not written. Not knowing the long term future of this doesn't mean I agree it's mostly useless. > since you just ignore how relevant these technologies are Relevant in what way? To whom? They're certainly relevant if you want to integrate with any other projects in the area. >you abstract away from the business requirements defined by somebody else. The business requirements are defined by the business, yes. I can feel this building to a statement about how you can use other technology to solve any particular problem, so I'll come in front of that and say yes - you can always build things using other tools, blockchains aren't magic they're just code.

by hiq 5y ago

IanCal 5y ago

Because I'm answering about why I work in the space currently. You're reading into what I've not said. > I mean that in your comment, you didn't try to claim that these technologies were worth anything in themselves, What's the value "in itself" of postgres? The value comes from what you can build with it, what problems you can solve. > just that there is a demand for them. Because people want to build things and those are solutions to problems they face. That's why there's demand for them. > No, but then you're also not in disagreement with people who find these technologies to be mostly a dead-end, Again you're reading into things I've not written. Not knowing the long term future of this doesn't mean I agree it's mostly useless. > since you just ignore how relevant these technologies are Relevant in what way? To whom? They're certainly relevant if you want to integrate with any other projects in the area. >you abstract away from the business requirements defined by somebody else. The business requirements are defined by the business, yes. I can feel this building to a statement about how you can use other technology to solve any particular problem, so I'll come in front of that and say yes - you can always build things using other tools, blockchains aren't magic they're just code.