@stevendotjs@hachyderm.io

· 3mo ago

You're not inheriting a system someone once understood. You're manufacturing a system nobody ever did.

https://www.stvn.sh/writing/youre-not-ai-native-exu048c

You’re not “AI Native”. — Writing

It’s an interesting new obsession of ours. Don’t get me wrong, disregarding context for a second, I think generative AI is potentially revolutionary technology, I just don’t believe you. I’m not trying to be mean, I’m trying to be helpful, and that means I have to be critical. I don’t like rhetorical questions either, nor do I think you’re helped by me beating the living daylights out of a strawman of my making, so let’s honestly grapple with this. I can’t promise it’s all going to be comfortabl

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Steven 🏳️‍🌈 @stevendotjs@hachyderm.io

· 5mo ago

I wrote a love letter to Peter Welch's "Programming Sucks" essay, about the state of the tech industry in the age of AI. Hope you'll give it a read & tell me what you think:

https://stvn.sh/writing/programming-still-sucks-fqffhyp

stvn.sh

Programming Still Sucks. — Writing

Sorry Peter. — I'm at a birthday party, and while most people here also work in tech, there's always a Guy with a Real Job. You know, a physical job, building some or other thing people need. And this Guy always asks some variant of the same question: aren't you worried AI is taking your job? I glance around and see a few faces turning around toward us, rolling their eyes ever so slightly before returning to their previous conversation. Yes, this question again.

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Steven 🏳️‍🌈 @stevendotjs@hachyderm.io

· 2mo ago

Applying AI to hiring is making everything worse for everyone. I wrote about why it's playing out the way it is. I originally gave this as a talk at a meetup called LGTM Berlin. Hope you'll give it a read & tell me what you think!

https://stvn.sh/writing/regression-to-the-mean

stvn.sh

How AI is quietly making your team fragile — Writing

Everyone adopted AI for hiring to get an edge, so nobody has one. What that monoculture does to the teams hiring builds, and why variety is the thing worth protecting.

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Steven 🏳️‍🌈 @stevendotjs@hachyderm.io

· 5mo ago

Replying to

@tante@tldr.nettime.org oh hey I wrote this! Thanks for sharing!

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Steven 🏳️‍🌈 @stevendotjs@hachyderm.io

· 4mo ago

Elon Musk is stealing your retirement. He knows the engineering and economics don't work, and if it takes the SpaceX stock price down with it, so goes your savings account.

https://www.stvn.sh/writing/elon-musk-is-stealing-your-retirement-sb3bz85

stvn.sh

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Steven 🏳️‍🌈 @stevendotjs@hachyderm.io

· 5mo ago

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@Linkshaender@bildung.social @tante@tldr.nettime.org ahw thank you! Happy for you you made it out! If you wanna tell me about it, I'm all ears.

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Steven 🏳️‍🌈 @stevendotjs@hachyderm.io

· 4mo ago

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@Linkshaender@bildung.social @tante@tldr.nettime.org ok I made a start and it's excellent so far! I'll read more tonight when my little one is in bed.

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Steven 🏳️‍🌈 @stevendotjs@hachyderm.io

· 5mo ago

Replying to

@rotnroll666@mastodon.social I feel the same way.

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Steven 🏳️‍🌈 @stevendotjs@hachyderm.io

· 5mo ago

Replying to

@rotnroll666@mastodon.social thanks, that means a lot ❤️ I love the site, but am a bit unsure who it's for? Are the 3 of you consulting together? Is it a call to arms for others in tech to join?

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Steven 🏳️‍🌈 @stevendotjs@hachyderm.io

· 5mo ago

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@InkomTech@infosec.exchange oh yeah, pulling up a chair to roast marshmallows over the bonfire. And thanks ❤️🙏

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Steven 🏳️‍🌈 @stevendotjs@hachyderm.io

· 5mo ago

Replying to

@Joy_intl@mastodon.online @tante@tldr.nettime.org I... I'm so sorry. I'm glad you realized what was happening, cut your losses and did the right thing, but damn that's harsh.

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Steven 🏳️‍🌈 @stevendotjs@hachyderm.io

· 5mo ago

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@Joy_intl@mastodon.online @tante@tldr.nettime.org it really is, I have a fiance and newborn to provide for as well, and it's making me anxious. Take care ❤️ reach out for help if it becomes too much please 🙏

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Steven 🏳️‍🌈 @stevendotjs@hachyderm.io

· 5mo ago

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@DaleHagglund@hachyderm.io @tante@tldr.nettime.org oh man yeah congrats on getting out in time! My site is honestly barely half finished, I wasn't really expecting this to go anywhere, and this was the first thing I published in years. I'll be sure to keep writing ❤️🙏

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Steven 🏳️‍🌈 @stevendotjs@hachyderm.io

· 5mo ago

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@dmitrylitosh@mastodon.social thanks man, that means a lot ❤️🙏

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Steven 🏳️‍🌈 @stevendotjs@hachyderm.io

· 5mo ago

Replying to

@hejsna@ruby.social yeah fair good idea haha, site was kind of haphazardly / in attentively slapped together 😇

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