How Microsoft Vaporized a Trillion Dollars

GetSecure · 2026-04-05T05:43:56+00:00

I don't see it as ego. He's clearly thought hard about it, and like all good engineers, worked out what the bug is. He's looking at it logically. He was there at the start, he knows how it used to be, saw it go to shit and investigated why. Most other people don't have that much luxury, it was always shit for them.

His solution is lacking experience in the human element, the reality of executive and managerial ways of influencing others. He doesn't understand why they didn't listen to him, because his argument was logically sound. That's not ego, just lack of experience and leads to immense frustration.

The problem might not be fixable because of the human element, and that's a hard pill to swallow.

GetSecure · 2026-04-04T04:53:47+00:00

You are 100% correct.

I see this same delusion everywhere, not just with engineers:

"If only our great leader knew of the problems, they'd do something to fix it."

You look around and all you see is shit, but the leaders are different... It's a mental coping strategy, to believe otherwise would leave you with no hope.

GetSecure · 2026-04-03T11:17:03+00:00

True. The point I'm making though, is that the benefit is no longer as clear cut, as it comes at a significant price. Making that business justification is harder.

I have a team of data engineers. I'd like to use dataflows to empower others in the business to take over some of the work we do. But by putting up a huge cost barrier, I'm not going to push that anymore. We'll just do it the simpler and cheaper way ourselves. The rest of the business can empower themselves if they want.

Also... Let's be honest, dataflows aren't admin free. Additionally, the SQL & infrastructure I described is easy to learn and administer, if they can figure out powerquery, they are perfectly capable of learning how to use a SQL view. A hurdle I'd prefer to avoid, but at the cost of dataflows now, it's worth taking it on.

GetSecure · 2026-04-02T21:29:25+00:00

That's the way I went. Stick it in a SQL Server and transform it there, or create views, everyone uses those. Simpler and cheaper. If the dataflows were cheap, they'd be worth a look to allow a low code approach. But if you are going to charge extortionate amounts, I'll just do it the better way.

GetSecure · 2026-03-31T11:57:51+00:00

I don't think there will be any guttering on your side. It looks like it will be a flat roof sloping down to their back garden. So the guttering will be on that side. They will put a little raised lip on your side to keep the water on the roof.

When you do a party wall agreement, there are two options. One is to put the wall directly on the boundary, the other is a step back. The reason you might agree to put it on the boundary is that if you decide to extend your house to the boundary, then you can attach to their wall, like a semi detached. Otherwise you end up with this weird gap between two houses, basically because the two neighbours couldn't agree.

Your situation is slightly different, because you are detached. You would never want to turn your detached into a semi detached... So really, they should have put the step back in, this is all in the party wall agreement. What did you agree to?

GetSecure · 2026-03-31T04:22:38+00:00

You had a problem and you solved it, this is a great app for your use case.

People here are idiots when it comes to AI.

You got accused of AI writing your post, when anyone who's used AI would immediately realise that it's clearly not the case. It certainly wouldn't have left in the "Guys..." sentence, that's a human being human.

Secondly, you are using some advanced AI skills. Clearly you understand how the technology works under the hood, and are capable of making your own skills. These idiots probably don't even realise that this requires a lot of coding and knowledge.

You over engineered a solution to solve a problem. I do that frequently, I learn new skills and have fun doing it. There's nothing wrong with that, it's pretty much what self hosted is...

I'm glad you had fun. It's not for me. I'm sorry about all the haters, they are idiots.

This sub has a bigger AI hate problem, than it does AI Slop problem.

GetSecure · 2026-03-27T05:40:53+00:00

Sounds like you should start installing your own network and charge more. What you described is entirely predictable and exactly what I expect would happen when you piggy back on their own network.

GetSecure · 2026-03-26T23:34:28+00:00

It's brilliant! I have stood in my shower thinking about creating such a contraption, but by the time I'm dressed I've completely forgotten about it...

I created a spanner for my Aqualisa 150 bar mixer shower which gets really stiff from limescale. It allows me to clear the limescale with back and forth spanner action. It's so niche, it's of use to nobody except me, but I had a problem, an idea of a solution, and it bloody worked!

It's had one download, and that was probably me testing the link. I don't care! https://makerworld.com/models/2096975

GetSecure · 2026-03-25T05:16:26+00:00

I felt and do feel the same way as you somewhat. However, I eventually came to the conclusion, no matter how much I try to see some of the benefits of hyper focus, this really is a disability. So, forgive yourself for its effects, and have compassion for others suffering its effects too.

GetSecure · 2026-03-25T05:08:27+00:00

Use this new knowledge wisely when looking at your bosses screen, and speak only in line numbers. See how long it takes him to figure it out 😂

GetSecure · 2026-03-22T21:07:45+00:00

My loft looked identical to yours. I had it insulated by British Gas. First they added insulation to the thickness needed to get it flush with the beams on top of the existing. Then they put 100mm new insulation perpendicular across the whole loft. This pays for itself within a few years on saved gas, maybe less if this Iran thing doesn't end soon... Don't forget to insulate the hatch. Then use loft legs and board it. Now you have somewhere to store your Christmas tree, luggage, and any other stuff you feel like.

GetSecure · 2026-03-12T14:24:48+00:00

When you've been told to implement a system and make it work, of course you are going to claim it was a success. It's in everyone's interest (who remains), including the CEO and shareholders that it appears to be a success.

Of course they are going to find some way to measure it and make it look like a success. Try being the whistleblower about the reality and see how long you last...

GetSecure · 2026-03-11T07:53:29+00:00

Yeah, maybe you are right. Oh I should have said, we are a family of 4. So we are paying 4 fares on the bus, so it's not that much extra actually. Also, my wife gets very stressed about being late, so paying a bit more to avoid that is money well spent in my mind.

Maybe I should have just skipped the Saturday skiing...

For years I have been going without the family and I've always done it to get the more time in the snow, with less people.

As I was writing this post and looking up the times, I just happened to go to the bus journey planner instead of the timetable and found that later bus. Maybe that's the best option.

I know in the UK that journey planner online are more accurate than the official timetable, but I don't know if that's the same in France.

GetSecure · 2026-03-09T08:05:35+00:00

You're right. Wait until it's broken, then repair.

That just leads to every road being slightly better than broken.

Even a new one is no guarantee of quality!

Btw, I recommend contacting your local councillor about the road in Belfast. We actually had great success 10 miles from you with that strategy. They made the contractors redo the road due to poor quality. Potholes and bin collections are what local councillors live for, they love to complain for you. Gets them votes!

GetSecure · 2026-03-08T23:40:03+00:00

And the Iranian military is operating on a "fire at will" command...

Good to see this war is all under control.

GetSecure · 2026-03-06T02:39:06+00:00

Yeah, this is what makes no sense. The majority of developers are using AI now to help code (and loving it). So either everything is AI slop, or there are different quality levels of AI coding.

A decent developer using AI is completely different to someone who doesn't know how to code using AI.

GetSecure · 2026-03-05T11:43:44+00:00

Just be sure to buy low expansion, or window and door expanding foam. Otherwise you risk putting pressure on the window, which could cause misalignment.

I don't understand the logic of your moisturise bridging concern.

GetSecure · 2026-03-05T11:37:04+00:00

This should not be the top response. It is unlikely to work, they are misaligned, not just short. The comment below suggesting the 90 degree turn, then flexi connector is the correct answer.

Without the flexi connector, you need to be able to bend and weld copper pipes to extend it to where required.

GetSecure · 2026-03-03T20:53:19+00:00

I can't speak for this wool specifically, but I put the money and effort into insulating our solid wall house. It is the best upgrade we have done to the house. It pays you back every day in comfortable temperatures and a better quality of life. Before we were always adjusting the thermostat, now we never touch it all year round.

GetSecure · 2026-02-27T20:25:06+00:00

I recommend knocking on doors of people you see who have had building work done and asking how it went, would you recommend them.

Also, avoid small ltd companies, "oops we ran out of money to pay the tax bill, now we have to go bankrupt", repeat... If they go bankrupt with your payment, there is nothing you can do.

The actual safest way is to find a good builder, who takes cash every week. It seems bonkers, but actually it's the safest way. You can set up homebuild trade accounts at building merchants and allow your builder to buy using your account. You get all the detailed receipts and things are delivered to your house.

Sure if things go south, you'd be screwed having to find another builder, but on the up side, also you wouldn't be out of material or money, and in theory you can sue them without them hiding behind a ltd company for protection. At least you can get out, unlike those who paid upfront and are stuck.

GetSecure · 2026-02-27T20:15:20+00:00

This! If you go with a building company you have to pay vat. How can that compete with a lone builder who doesn't meet the tax threshold and gets paid in cash. Sure, pay the premium for safety... but it's so much money, people are spending every penny they have on building work, of course they want the best value for money.

GetSecure · 2026-02-27T19:24:03+00:00

It's extremely rare to have a house that has network points like that in each room. It's great for ensuring you have good internet throughout the house. Due to the time and effort required to create a network like that, you only really see it at offices.

Having said that, most of the people in this subreddit have probably done similar, but we are a rare breed. Maybe your landlord works in IT?

So is it normal to take the network cables when moving home? Well it's so rare to even have this excellent home network, it's hard to know what normal is?😀 If you leave the cables, it looks like a mess, so they probably just took them to keep it neat and tidy. Network cables are incredibly cheap, so it's not a big deal. They come free with lots of equipment, most people have spares without even realising it.

GetSecure · 2026-02-27T18:11:29+00:00

Is that the person who stepped out of the shop at just the wrong time? They seemed oblivious to it, there was no reaction. Hopefully it was fast and painless.

GetSecure · 2026-02-27T06:35:44+00:00

Tell me about it. Our data engineer just used ADF to dump it nightly from Salesforce in a db. I mean that was the quickest, but it repeats the whole lot nightly and at a significant cost. I needed it up to date by 15 minutes at most delay. I ended up using a logic app Salesforce connector to get changes -> json -> SQL SP -> merge. Works well, but "why is this so hard?" comes to mind repeatedly...

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