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The majority of 2010 startups were kids with no business experience banging out basic CRMs and marketplaces on Ruby. See for yourself: https://www.ycombinator.c
by woah 2y ago
The majority of 2010 startups were kids with no business experience banging out basic CRMs and marketplaces on Ruby. See for yourself: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies?batch=W10 https://www.ycombinator.com/companies?batch=W10
Compare that to one of this year's YC batches, which IMO sounds much more sci-fi and interesting: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies?batch=W24 https://www.ycombinator.com/companies?batch=W24
It seems like it's popular today to try to adopt a very salty and jaded attitude about everything with the idea that it's "calling BS" or bringing some kind of subversive viewpoint. In fact, nothing is more common, and it brings very little to the discussion.
- the_snooze 2y ago>It seems like it's popular today to try to adopt a very salty and jaded attitude about everything with the idea that it's "calling BS" or bringing some kind of subversive viewpoint. In fact, nothing is more common, and it brings very little to the discussion. You're right that it's common, but I don't think it's unwarranted. Over the last ~15 years, we've seen "amazing tech of the future" either work but have awful downstream effects (mainly social and economic), or flat-out not live up to the hype: social media, VR, NFTs, streaming media, the gig economic, etc. It's healthy to tamp down hype and demand good thoughtful technological development, instead of just YOLOing into moving fast and breaking things.