[jambalaya8]

lol I was actually kidding. The past was way better, almost always (it isn't just nostalgia). I think my enjoyment of tech actually used to sort follow a wavelike pattern. Then, it sort of became a straight line a few years before COVID, and I worry that AI is cementing people into an always-forward mindset that removes the enjoyment from just about everything.

I mean, yeah, hobby coding is not going away, but the feeling of exploration for me is totally gone. I don't dislike tech, I just don't see anyone being the way they used to be. People in tech are different and too many people are in tech.

Probably only part of the joy will ever be there, now. Which is weird because I did my own thing with computers til college, and don't consider myself a super sociable person. I just used to know that it was there, and now it isn't.

[archonis]

There's nothing quite like the empowerment of discoverable user interfaces devoid of dark patterns.