Post #1871164
2026-04-08 14:49 UTC
@GuitarSith @elizayer ha! Yes. Also when upper management tells lower management that everyone is being judged on "efficiency" as defined by how many tokens they use up, with no denominator, you are guaranteed to get more bloat. Or at best case: 9 extra copies of the code, lots of documentation, some sim city bots, a side hustle, and 1 nicely written program.
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@GuitarSith@fosstodon.org 2026-04-08 16:13
@poleguy @elizayer The Steve Ballmer effect. Play everyone off against everyone else, which resulted in Vista, probably one of the worst incarnations of Windows ever foisted upon us. Business Objects, where I was working at the time, implemented the same methodology. It was brutal and only took them a single “not meeting expectations” review to see me walk out the door.