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> Well, that's a big question; hope you don't mind if I reflect a bit before attempting to answer! Not at all, please take your time! And if you have more insi
by csdvrx 4y ago
> Well, that's a big question; hope you don't mind if I reflect a bit before attempting to answer!
Not at all, please take your time! And if you have more insights, feel free to post them later! I'll check again the comments for the next few days, because all this is so intriguing to me!
> I was living in the US in the 80s and 90s
This begs many questions: where you born here? Where do you live now? (and ...why?)
> Have you read Microserfs yet? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microserfs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microserfs
> It's a pretty good capture of our Zeitgeist
I haven't but if it's a good capture of the 1990s zeitgeist, I will!
> (any specific qs, go ahead and I'll do my best)
Besides the lack of optimism, what are the other differences between now and then that stand out to you?
- 082349872349872 4y agoI was born in the Southern US (long story: when a cat has its kittens in the oven...) but emigrated to Europe this century (reasons for which are an even longer story). > what are the other differences between now and then that stand out to you? It may not be so fair to 'now', but: https://app.pressnt.net/post/77/ https://app.pressnt.net/post/77/ (thanks for making me think about it long enough to come up with a hypothesis; I think I do address both the things about current startup culture which I find off-putting, and —if you read between the lines a bit— why we might've preferred power to safety in our tools.) Lagniappe: https://users.monash.edu/~damian/papers/HTML/Perligata.html https://users.monash.edu/~damian/papers/HTML/Perligata.html
- 082349872349872 4y agoanother thought on why power languages then but not now: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32623328 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32623328