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John Gruber
@gruber.foo

"You might think it counterintuitive that a movement obsessed with software would spearhead a severe decline in the design quality of software. But software brain is an obsession with software as a medium in and of itself. A means with no consideration for the end." daringfireball.net/2026/05/so...

daringfireball.netSoftware as the Product of Obsession Times VoiceYou might think it counterintuitive that a movement obsessed with software would be spearheading a severe decline in the design quality of software, but in Patel’s definition, there’s no concept of software as art, as a practice, as a craft. Software brain is purely an obsession with software as a medium in and of itself. A means with no consideration for the end.

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Seán MacGabhann
@seanmacgabhann.bsky.social

I’m sure you will disagree but AI tools play a large part in all of this - the ability to develop and ship ever faster means people never stop to question (Jeff goldbum klaxon) if they should

TCK
@tckoppang.bsky.social

By no means the thesis, but thank you! — “There’s always been software with poorly designed user interfaces. Much of it has been successful financially, sometimes spectacularly so. I’d argue, in all seriousness, that that’s the story of Microsoft in a nutshell.”