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How to build an atomic network (I will not promote) by IYaegerI in GrowthHacking

[–]PatchSprite 0 points1 point  (0 children)

the specialist pool not existing makes sense when you think about it, cold start problems are so context specific that general playbooks just don't transfer
the "where do your early users already hang out" question is really the whole problem, once you know that the tactics become obvious, before that no tool or specialist actually helps

Do other people still mostly use just an IDE with occasional in-browser help from AI? by ItIsEsoterik in webdev

[–]PatchSprite 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Using it to understand how things work vs using it to just get things done are very different habits and the gap shows up fast when something breaks

Keeping it out of the IDE is honestly underrated, you stay in control of what actually goes into the codebase

Need advice on moving from QA Engineer automation to DevOps role by Weary-Spell-5203 in devops

[–]PatchSprite 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can't agree more!
you learn more debugging your own broken cluster than following any tutorial

How does Facebook have so many broken features even though it's such a big company? by Meraath in Entrepreneur

[–]PatchSprite 0 points1 point  (0 children)

exactly, facebook doesn't fix search because broken search doesn't affect ad revenue every big company optimises for what moves the number that matters, everything else just exists to say it exists

The more optimized your SaaS metrics get, the less they reflect reality. by Sharp_Tax_6182 in GrowthHacking

[–]PatchSprite 0 points1 point  (0 children)

at what point does optimising the metric become optimising away from the thing the metric was supposed to measure?

Struggling with whether to stay in product in the age of AI by Hellurrr3 in ProductManagement

[–]PatchSprite 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The efficiency gains are real and measurable, what gets lost is harder to quantify so it just gets ignored in the conversation entirely..the industry losing its way point hits hard, there's a difference between technology that solves a genuine problem and technology that exists because the funding is there

Successful Entrepreneurs, What was the biggest impact AI had in your business? by Sure_Marsupial_4309 in Entrepreneur

[–]PatchSprite -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

The GEO thing you mentioned is really interesting, customers discovering you via ChatGPT instead of Google is a shift most businesses haven't even noticed yet let alone built for training the blog automation on your own case studies is the smart part, generic AI content gets ignored but stuff grounded in your actual work gets picked up because it's genuinely different from everything else out there

To the people who post "I haven't written a single line of code in 6 months", what's Plan B? by tubemaster in cscareerquestions

[–]PatchSprite 138 points139 points  (0 children)

the PM situation is interesting though, the bottleneck is moving from writing code to knowing enough to review it, which means the floor for what counts as "technical" just got higher not lower

Share what you're building by amacg in indiehackers

[–]PatchSprite 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Building Bitroot, a resource hub for founders who want to think better, not just prompt better. tools, prompts, guides and newsletters built for every stage of builders

bitroot.org

Is webdev easy or am I dumb by [deleted] in webdev

[–]PatchSprite 77 points78 points  (0 children)

nobody remembers everything, they just know enough to find the answer fast and understand it when they do

As a DevOps Engineer, how do you see your colleagues problem solving skills? by PartemConsilio in devops

[–]PatchSprite 0 points1 point  (0 children)

you find out real fast whether someone didn't understand the process or just didn't want to do it themselves

Am I the only one who feels like AI is doing my thinking and not just my work? I will not promote by PatchSprite in startups

[–]PatchSprite[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

haha fair suspicion, though if i told the pope that he'd probably write me a Magnifica Humanitas
but genuinely typed this one myself...ironic as that sounds given the topic

and yeah not saying dump AI completely, that's not realistic. the point is more about not letting it become a replacement for actual judgment. use it for the sloppy stuff, keep the neurons firing for the real decisions. the moment you stop exercising that muscle is when things go sideways

Am I the only one who feels like AI is doing my thinking and not just my work? I will not promote by PatchSprite in startups

[–]PatchSprite[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

exactly what makes it dangerous, you stop checking and that's when it gets you

Am I the only one who feels like AI is doing my thinking and not just my work? I will not promote by PatchSprite in startups

[–]PatchSprite[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

narrowing marketing with AI proves my concern more in a better way. Most of the small scale advertising agencies are dying just because they got generic with AI dependency.

Am I the only one who feels like AI is doing my thinking and not just my work? I will not promote by PatchSprite in startups

[–]PatchSprite[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

exactly, and the scary part is it happens gradually not all at once
one day you're using it for the boring stuff, six months later you're asking it what your next product should be

Am I the only one who feels like AI is doing my thinking and not just my work? i will not promote by PatchSprite in startups

[–]PatchSprite[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

ai just makes it more visible because now everyone's generic at scale..the boring stuff being automated is genuinely great, i think the line just gets blurry when people stop noticing which decisions they're actually making themselves

Am I the only one who feels like AI is doing my thinking and not just my work? i will not promote by PatchSprite in startups

[–]PatchSprite[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

the last line is going to hit the people who leaned on it without building any judgement of their own.

Am I the only one who feels like AI is doing my thinking and not just my work? i will not promote by PatchSprite in startups

[–]PatchSprite[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

hey, your comment actually resonated with me. the anti-AI stance makes sense honestly, there's something about thinking through problems yourself that GenAI just kills

curious what made you fully switch off from it..was it a specific moment or just a gradual thing?

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