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  • ericyd37 minutes ago
    I just can't take tech-adjacent advice from someone who can't properly size an icon in 2026
    • lukan9 minutes ago
      It is not technical advice. It seems some general career advice for tech people (don&#x27;t just think in technical context).<p>But mainly it is a ad to hire her as your coach.
  • oliculipolicula2 days ago
    TFA has 2 Qs aimed at building trust-culture:<p>&gt;<i>Who has the missing context?</i><p>&gt;<i>If the work succeeds, what changes beyond “the project shipped”?</i><p>As a total rando trying to develop a (possible) nothing-burger I call <i>expert embarrassment</i>, I&#x27;d derive 2+2 corresponding <i>what-if</i>s:<p>What if<p><pre><code> 1. nobody in the org does? 2. the project ships yet nothing changes? </code></pre> Excuse my extra <i>what-if</i>s for being kind of sly takes on the class of &quot;Maserati Problems&quot;<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;dfccyyqjngn5p3.archive.ph&#x2F;uWeuT&#x2F;2f4f3d465f8a85a41e897530d17a6beff4683679.jpg" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;dfccyyqjngn5p3.archive.ph&#x2F;uWeuT&#x2F;2f4f3d465f8a85a41e89...</a><p><pre><code> 3. What if we don&#x27;t market our solution? 4. but it still blows up in our face? </code></pre> (MPs being defined by the context that makes their technicality _seem_ reasonable only long after you&#x27;d have acquired one, but your ability to answer them matters _now_<p>Here&#x27;s a real world instance, related much better than I ever could<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.cringely.com&#x2F;2026&#x2F;05&#x2F;28&#x2F;the-permission-slip&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.cringely.com&#x2F;2026&#x2F;05&#x2F;28&#x2F;the-permission-slip&#x2F;</a><p>)
    • Chu4eeno1 hour ago
      &gt; <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.cringely.com&#x2F;2026&#x2F;05&#x2F;28&#x2F;the-permission-slip&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.cringely.com&#x2F;2026&#x2F;05&#x2F;28&#x2F;the-permission-slip&#x2F;</a><p>That anthropomorphized misunderstanding of what &quot;hallucinations&quot; actually are (and how he supposedly could &quot;solve&quot; it) is pretty embarrassing.<p>Someone else wrote more eloquently than I&#x27;m able to about it: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=48725262">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=48725262</a>