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I wish Apple would force app developers to implement different "channels" for promotional notifications vs transactional - so that you can pick and choose which ones you want.

Is Mario Kart on the switch 1 still $70?

> I want a commodity, I want a provider, not a platform

That is exactly what the big LLM providers are trying to prevent. Them being only commodity providers might lead them to be easily replaced, and will likely lead to lower margins compared to "full feature" enterprise solutions. Switching LLM API provider is next to no work the moment a competitor is slightly cheaper/better.

Full solutions are more "sticky", harder to replace, and can be sold at higher prices.

Sure a most of these apps are "slop" and will never achieve any kind of success. However a small percentage will eventually flourish into businesses which will eventually starts hiring developers and other roles.

Increased enablement and higher productivity leads to greater output which will eventually lead to greater need for (some types) of tech workers in the end.

I work on a platform that a lot of customers "hate", or at least get frustrating experiences from. With many vocal on reddit, or in the reviews.

As software engineers, we are nowadays actually expected to handle customer service escalations (ie: when customer service cannot resolve a given situation, and the client is persistent enough, or borderline threatens legal action).

Strangely, I found dealing with those these customer escalations some of the most rewarding work. It feels very real as I read the long winded customer support ticket, feeling the user frustration, and finding the root cause and resolving the issue, or at least being able to understand and explain. Afterwards, internally trying and pushing for changes that would prevent the frustrations and escalations is also very rewarding.

I found this more rewarding than some other initiatives we have internally as they sometimes feel less connected to actual problems that are happening and that nearly everyone ignores.

Indeed. I tried once with a particularly shady company that required phone calls to unsubscribe. The service after 1 month unpaid, but the money was still owed and ultimately they sold the "debt" to one of those companies that will try to scare you into paying via threatening emails.

My honest take is: in an ideal world it should become possible to unsubscribe through our bank.

This also would prevent any dirty trick from companies trying to obfuscate unsubscribing.

The more I read about recent interviewing practices in the tech industry the more I think I'll just not try and become a beach bum the day I get laid off.

> i had two options: cut gradually over months or years as this shift plays out, or be honest about where we are and act on it now. i chose the latter. repeated rounds of cuts are destructive to morale, to focus

Being in a company that has done the gradual cuts, instead of one big cut, I unironically agree. I must have dodged like 15 staff reductions at this point. Company would be in a better state if the decision was taken to go for it big time. Still, it must be hard and shocking - but only once.

Maybe some type of reputation system could help. ie: "karma" but for github. Increases whenever you make good contributions that get merged, decreased if you submit slop that gets rejected.

Can someone explain the difference between this and VSCode agent chat? Except the fact that it's a separate app?

Popularity with the persons in charge of promotions surely helps... But it doesn't mean you need to be popular with other people.

> Businesses don’t do promotions at senior levels because you “deserve” it. They promote those who have the highest potential to deliver outsized impact and value.

What I've seen more of is: people get promoted because they already do the job at the higher level, or close to it

I don’t, they’re rolled oats and blended they are easy to drink as long as there is enough liquid