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One of my claude code projects was going to be "theghostofsteve", a social media platform where people post things they love and hate about appleOS things. Like

One of my claude code projects was going to be "theghostofsteve", a social media platform where people post things they love and hate about appleOS things. Likes/Dislikes would be "genius/it's shit". And in all likelihood, the platform would surface that most users think "it's shit." The platform would aggregate by major/minor version, and you could see in totality whether the current version of macOS/iOS would make Steve proud of miserable. Ultimately I decided against it, for defamation/cease-and-desist reasons, and not wanting to find out. But it needs to exist.

ykl 7mo ago
Wouldn’t “insanely great”/“it’s shit” be more Steve than “genius”/“it’s shit”?
- gnarlouse 7mo ago
  Sure, you could use whatever binarism you want
Joel_Mckay 7mo ago
Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak were a team, and Jobs would regularly tell people their work was "shit" if it didn't make sense. Apple traditionally burned out its talent, and is no longer structured to follow Jobs original vision. There is a lot of goodwill with the users, but just like Sony/HP/IBM/Microsoft/Sun it can't last forever. The process-people entrench themselves, and ruin everything... just as Jobs predicted. =3
- gnarlouse 7mo ago
  What does Woz have to do with it
  - Joel_Mckay 7mo ago
    Jobs often set project goals well beyond current technology, and the people around him were responsible for actually getting product out the door. Naively asserting stuff is "Shit" and firing people that disagree with you on superficial deliverables is not a difficult role. However, teams pushing new technology out to the general public is challenging, and even Apple gambled on the wrong product at times. Jobs was right about a lot of marketing trends, but also was a controversial character. I would recommend watching the classic interview just prior to his return to Apple, as it aged well... =3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRZAJY23xio https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRZAJY23xio

ykl 7mo ago

Wouldn’t “insanely great”/“it’s shit” be more Steve than “genius”/“it’s shit”?

gnarlouse 7mo ago
Sure, you could use whatever binarism you want

Joel_Mckay 7mo ago

Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak were a team, and Jobs would regularly tell people their work was "shit" if it didn't make sense. Apple traditionally burned out its talent, and is no longer structured to follow Jobs original vision. There is a lot of goodwill with the users, but just like Sony/HP/IBM/Microsoft/Sun it can't last forever. The process-people entrench themselves, and ruin everything... just as Jobs predicted. =3

gnarlouse 7mo ago
What does Woz have to do with it
- Joel_Mckay 7mo ago
  Jobs often set project goals well beyond current technology, and the people around him were responsible for actually getting product out the door. Naively asserting stuff is "Shit" and firing people that disagree with you on superficial deliverables is not a difficult role. However, teams pushing new technology out to the general public is challenging, and even Apple gambled on the wrong product at times. Jobs was right about a lot of marketing trends, but also was a controversial character. I would recommend watching the classic interview just prior to his return to Apple, as it aged well... =3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRZAJY23xio https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRZAJY23xio