[thecatapps]

It's probably very obvious by now, but there's something to be said about companies with the "SF Quirky" vibes:

- The OS Redesign

- "Sexy Legal Documents"

- Emails with "<relevant hedgehog meme goes here>" as the subject line

- Having a merch shop with action figures of your CEO

It works both ways. When you're looking for adoption and making very pro-user moves, I guess it can be a benefit. However, when you're now looking to grow revenue and making very anti-user moves, it's insult to injury.

I'm the last person to say that tech "shouldn't be fun" or something overly-broad like that, but if your messaging doesn't match the decisions of leadership, you're gonna have a bad time.

[rafael-lua]

It started well, though. It was an analytics tool with a developer-oriented mind; it was refreshing compared to the competition. But all good things do seem to come to an end, especially when it is a company. They went full weirdos in the last 2 years. AI just made everything worse.

Back to scanning open source projects, I guess.