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This isn't really a good way to judge things. In the future, the fondest memories someone else has about technology will be about the present. The past is not b
by a2dam 3mo ago
This isn't really a good way to judge things. In the future, the fondest memories someone else has about technology will be about the present. The past is not better, you're just nostalgic for it.
- jambalaya8 3mo agoEvery time I think the past was better, I think about how terrible ksh scripting was in 1995. And look at how great peoples' bash scripting is now compared to when we though bash had reached its apex in like 2009.
- archonis 3mo agoConversely, Rexx scripting on the desktop was glorious in 1995.
- lstodd 3mo agoARexx on Amiga was way before 1995. And it was glorious.
- jambalaya8 3mo agoI used to want an Amiga. they are probably still for sale on ebay. Like in 2010. :(
- jambalaya8 3mo agolol I was actually kidding. The past was way better, almost always (it isn't just nostalgia). I think my enjoyment of tech actually used to sort follow a wavelike pattern. Then, it sort of became a straight line a few years before COVID, and I worry that AI is cementing people into an always-forward mindset that removes the enjoyment from just about everything. I mean, yeah, hobby coding is not going away, but the feeling of exploration for me is totally gone. I don't dislike tech, I just don't see anyone being the way they used to be. People in tech are different and too many people are in tech. Probably only part of the joy will ever be there, now. Which is weird because I did my own thing with computers til college, and don't consider myself a super sociable person. I just used to know that it was there, and now it isn't.
- archonis 3mo agoThere's nothing quite like the empowerment of discoverable user interfaces devoid of dark patterns.