Post B1t6J3nNuLnCS2ixUG by andrewrk@mastodon.social
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(DIR) Post #B1t6J3nNuLnCS2ixUG by andrewrk@mastodon.social
2026-01-02T21:40:42Z
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we've built our global economy on the premise that software has a certain bar of quality, which as it turns out was based only on the goodwill of early enthusiast programmers.now that the market has caught up and erased the negotiation power software engineers once enjoyed, the world is careening head first into a harsh reality of bug-ridden, adversarial software at odds with everyday life.free software is still our north star. it's more important than ever.
(DIR) Post #B1t6J4s1uZ6PmjuBMm by jarekrozanski@mastodon.social
2026-01-02T21:59:52Z
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@andrewrk perhaps "Ask for forgiveness, not permission" attitude did do more bad than good afterall.
(DIR) Post #B1t6J5ewygEaESnFcO by andrewrk@mastodon.social
2026-01-02T22:01:39Z
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@jarekrozanski what do you mean? I honestly think that is great career advice.
(DIR) Post #B1t6J6m4pfWrgr8SMi by wolf480pl@mstdn.io
2026-01-02T22:04:51Z
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@andrewrk @jarekrozanski I think it can be extrapolated to"make bad software, maybe fix it later if people complain"and"unleash AI on the world, apologize after it creates a global disaster"
(DIR) Post #B1t6QgOanA0eC7lL0q by andrewrk@mastodon.social
2026-01-02T22:06:16Z
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@wolf480pl @jarekrozanski "ask for forgiveness, not permission" is empowering. those who reach out and take this power will make choices for other people who don't get to have a say.I wish for my friends to take the advice, and my enemies to not take the advice.
(DIR) Post #B1t6wXWhIr0FxBkCLQ by andrewrk@mastodon.social
2026-01-02T22:07:39Z
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@wolf480pl @jarekrozanski to be clear this is in a corporate / business context
(DIR) Post #B1t6wZ1Dkr0sa925Ym by wolf480pl@mstdn.io
2026-01-02T22:12:02Z
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@andrewrk @jarekrozanski it'd be concerning if it was also empowering in a regulatory context
(DIR) Post #B1t7tEIgQd1VPWAtDk by light@noc.social
2026-01-02T22:22:33Z
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@wolf480plOr in a political context.@andrewrk @jarekrozanski
(DIR) Post #B1tAFXtsR9bWTgLB44 by jimbob@aus.social
2026-01-02T22:30:26Z
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@andrewrk @wolf480pl @jarekrozanski yeeeah we live in a society, on a planet, with norms and laws and social licence, people who think these don't apply to them who stomp across all this and say "sorry, I had to do it because business innovation" got us exactly where we are. If you think it's okay to do this in personal or business relationships, soon enough you think it applies everywhere.This is highly relevant to your initial comment on software quality.
(DIR) Post #B1tAFZJ5CvMQq98ozY by wolf480pl@mstdn.io
2026-01-02T22:49:03Z
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@jimbob I think you're missing the point.If it's also empowering in political / regulatory / social / etc. contexts, and if the incentives in those contexts are similar in that you don't get punished for following that advice, then the only thing you get by asking for permission is letting your enemies who don't ask for permission win.@andrewrk @jarekrozanski
(DIR) Post #B1tE2nWpQ5uh03jjBQ by shironeko@fedi.tesaguri.club
2026-01-02T23:31:37.402976Z
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@andrewrk @wolf480pl @jarekrozanski I see "ask for forgiveness" used more for personal contexts and "Move Fast and Break Things" used for corporations. I guess they are kinda the same thing...
(DIR) Post #B1tEDrLXZ6Ue1hjOpU by wolf480pl@mstdn.io
2026-01-02T23:33:37Z
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@shironeko I think by "corporate context" Andrew meant like, you're an employee, should you ask your boss to approve your idea@andrewrk @jarekrozanski
(DIR) Post #B1tEhXoYkV0A8XSYW8 by jimbob@aus.social
2026-01-02T23:38:57Z
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@wolf480pl @andrewrk @jarekrozanski who is the "enemy" here? Assuming we are still talking software development, tech business... Your enemy is presumably some other people who are just like you, doing the same job as you, trying to make a living, pay their rent, feed their families, retire one day? Maybe those people, but in another country? Why are they the enemy, that you have to discard morals to defeat? Why do you get to "take that advice" and hope they don't?
(DIR) Post #B1tEqyXmjsBFdv6v5c by wolf480pl@mstdn.io
2026-01-02T23:40:41Z
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@jimbob @andrewrk @jarekrozanski I mean people who are like you but with less of a moral spine.I don't think you get to take that advice and hope they don't.I think you play the META and expect everyone else to also play the META.
(DIR) Post #B1tFBMSrVpHzcgWpu4 by wolf480pl@mstdn.io
2026-01-02T23:44:22Z
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@jimbob @andrewrk @jarekrozanski IOW, if you don't want people moving fast and breaking things, find a way to make "move fast and break things" not the META.
(DIR) Post #B1tFkpcp5MreCN6LE8 by shironeko@fedi.tesaguri.club
2026-01-02T23:50:47.377363Z
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@wolf480pl @andrewrk @jarekrozanski ah
(DIR) Post #B1uMNVhFuHoOZHxeMq by floooh@mastodon.gamedev.place
2026-01-03T12:10:50Z
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@andrewrk I think it's an eternal cycle. I remember that I was equally depressed as today where software development is heading back in the 90s.It looked like everything was becoming industrially developed OOP databases written by human bots in Java. All the cool stuff was dying (Amiga, Atari, Silicon Graphics, Sun) and the dark side would take over (IBM, Oracle, Microsoft, ...).The solution was simple back then and now: ignore the dark side, move underground and work on cool stuff ;)