[stytchwhy]

this "thought leadership" in our industry is a disease

[prepend]

There’s been an seo template since slashdot ages of find a prevailing wisdom, write a naive clickbaity post, profit. Sometimes I think authors are earnestly wrong, sometimes I think they are just fake. Sadly, it’s still profitable.

I thought that one day I’d interview someone who wrote a post like that and figure out for real. But I’ve been waiting decades so it probably won’t happen.

“Everything you know is wrong.” Yadda yadda yadda

[sseagull]

It's probably been a lot, lot longer than that. This is an evolution of "think again!" articles from long ago.

I wouldn't be surprised if in some cave somewhere there's a message on the wall like "Think Oogie is best stone tool maker? Think again!"

[halfmatthalfcat]

The pretentiousness is suffocating sometimes, especially from those who don't actually build things but pontificate like they do.