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It's just a hit-piece against new tech: blockchain-based systems and LLM. Move along, nothing to see.

• hscontinuity 3y ago
  While it may be a hit piece, I certainly understand the validity in the philosophical nature behind the ideology. I reflect similarly in my own observations in general. We often foresee the future as a reflection of 'here and now' versus understanding the long-term implications of decisions made at vast scale. There are many great examples right in plain sight in every day life.
• mmcdermott 3y ago
  I'm not so sure. Those technologies are lampooned, but in the context of a broader point, namely that software requires ever more effort to deliver results that are not objectively better. I think that observation is valid and interesting to consider, though the rest of the essay is all over the place.
• grayhatter 3y ago
  A hit piece is something written to intentionally degrade something. You can have a hit piece for Bitcoin, but not some technology. You can have a hit piece attacking someone who uses technology. But for that specific use, you wouldn't try to explain the idea as a thread through many different examples across many different separate engineering domains. This isn't a hit peice about your favorite flavor of tech, it's a "hit piece" about a new-enough trend that's appeared in SWE, it's a disagreement about an idea... more commonly referred to as, an opinion. but you're right, opinions you don't agree with are dangerous.