[wing-_-nuts]

while chatgpt and bing are useful, they absolutely do not replace the pipeline of jr devs one needs to someday have sr devs with deep domain knowledge. IMHO it's a great 'search' technology, but it shouldn't be taken for granted or assumed correct.

Also, re de-dollarization. This pops up every 5 years or so when some autocratic regime gets tired of operating under the us dollar hegemony, but I don't see any other options that don't have their own major issues. The euro? That currency is fraying at the seams from trying to stuff high and low performing countries (i.e. Germany and Italy) together without enough control over each country's finances. China? They've got to free float and stop manipulating the yuan first.

Literally nobody is as trustworthy as the USD, no matter how badly Moscow, Beijing or Tehran might wish it to not be so.

[stuckinhell]

This time is definitely different because its the executives talking about seriously in way that's a first for me in my current role.