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There's definitely a trend (and to my eyes a lowering of quality) on this site over the past couple of years. That's easily attributed to the downturn (possibly
by zh3 3y ago
There's definitely a trend (and to my eyes a lowering of quality) on this site over the past couple of years. That's easily attributed to the downturn (possibly allied to the increasing social influence of the site) - so I'd suggest it's the "90%" in Sturgeon's Law waxing and waning over time (albeit it seems more waxing than waning when viewed over longer timescales).
Never forget, a lot of people on here weren't even born when "Accidental Empires" came out.
- chomp 3y agoI've been here for over a decade, it's more or less the same. Instead of AI, we had #nosql, and instead of Substack hot takes, we had Medium hot takes. The only thing that's really changed is the velocity of posts, and volume of comments. Also, there used to be significantly more tech articles than there are now.
- retrocryptid 3y agoAs Jonathan Swift didn't say: "Everything new is old again."
- retrocryptid 3y agoI now wonder if I made a mistake moving away from CICS and 370 Assembly as the focus of my career.