Post #2613375

2026-05-12 00:08 UTC

@dabeaz@mastodon.social @GeePawHill@mastodon.social @robpike@hachyderm.io y’all know all the pains. The tech domain has been increasingly uncomfortable over the last 10-15 years, with the generative and agentic push marking where things got unrecognizable. I like code and solving problems. I can live without code if I must, but I don’t see problems being solved either. I’m not currently interested in what they’re making, why they’re making it, or how they’re making it. That’s a sad state of affairs for this brain.

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@rl_dane@polymaths.social 2026-05-12 00:24

@randomgeek@masto.hackers.town @dabeaz@mastodon.social @GeePawHill@mastodon.social @robpike@hachyderm.io I.T. has become the sweatshop. We need to discover the "knitting" of the technical domain, whether it be #permacomputing, #retrocomputing, or just all-around #HumbleTech. Cottage Industry will save tech. (Hope!!)

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@dabeaz@mastodon.social 2026-05-12 00:46

@randomgeek@masto.hackers.town @GeePawHill@mastodon.social @robpike@hachyderm.io Definitely agree on the last 10-15 years. Honestly, I probably fell out of most of it about 10 years ago, but managed to carve out a little niche for myself doing some advanced CS topics for awhile. That's pretty much run it's course at this point though. I loved the struggle of solving problems and challenging myself. Just not getting it with the current stuff. I dunno--maybe there's something there, but I don't care.

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