If an organization runs a survey in 2024 on whether it should get into AI, then they’ve already bodged an LLM into the system and they’re seeing if they can get away with it. Proton Mail is a priva…
we appear to be the first to write up the outrage coherently too. much thanks to the illustrious @self
I think that sequence of events happens sometimes but not all the times. the generational-departed programmer thing happens more in bigger orgs or teams with a bit of a more established presence/footprint. and I don’t really get the impression proton is that big yet
this one smells more like the other kind of ratfuckery I’ve seen in shartups: some particular bugbear/feature-idea “driven” by a C-level/owner/teamlead (where “driven”, n.: “someone said go do it”), enabled by complicit PM/POs doing some goalwashing, with devs either just keeping their head down, or actively participating in creation
I think that sequence of events happens sometimes but not all the times. the generational-departed programmer thing happens more in bigger orgs or teams with a bit of a more established presence/footprint. and I don’t really get the impression proton is that big yet
this one smells more like the other kind of ratfuckery I’ve seen in shartups: some particular bugbear/feature-idea “driven” by a C-level/owner/teamlead (where “driven”, n.: “someone said go do it”), enabled by complicit PM/POs doing some goalwashing, with devs either just keeping their head down, or actively participating in creation
also I believe you’ll greatly enjoy reading https://lemming-articlestash.blogspot.com/2011/12/institutional-memory-and-reverse.html