Post #2040929

2026-05-05 21:07 UTC

“You might think it counterintuitive that a movement obsessed with software would spearhead a severe decline in the design quality of software. But software brain is an obsession with software as a medium in and of itself. A means with no consideration for the end.” https://daringfireball.net/2026/05/software_as_the_product_of_obsession_times_voice

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@ahltorp@mastodon.nu 2026-05-05 21:38

@gruber@mastodon.social This is also close to what I tried to describe to people a long time ago when Google made their automated A/B testing famous. That just mindlessly generating endless amounts of software to fulfil a narrowly defined business goal is not only cynical, but also disgusting, and ultimately even bad for business, because business isn’t only about narrow goals.

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@paulmison@sfba.social 2026-05-06 00:46

@gruber@mastodon.social annoying global perspective note: TV didn’t achieve quality for decades *in the US*. In the UK there are examples right back to the fifties. I would guess there were other countries and languages, usually with state owned networks, that also pulled that off.

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@Barkeep@mastodon.social 2026-05-06 01:38

@gruber@mastodon.social “software brain makes software only to make more money”. It seems a lot of uber wealthy tech bros make money only to make more money. Money not put to good use.

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@peymano@mastodon.social 2026-05-06 05:03

@gruber@mastodon.social MacBook Neo crystalized Apple’s motivation for spending the last several years gradually making macOS more like iOS: with the introduction of MacBook Neo, iOS customers are the biggest growth market for macOS.

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