Now all the apps are nowhere to be found.

They discovered that the AI app builders are great at making a brochure like app that likes shiny and polished. But when you want it to do anything useful, you need to hire a developer.

We all make shitty software with bugs. The differentiator is how much we are willing to stick around and improve it when the excitement has faded.

Oracle is not a giant of tech because it makes great software. Instead, it's because they have great salesmen who can lock you into a contract for 10 years.

No ingenuity can help you escape.

Have you ever watched an educational video like Veritasium and felt super smart? But then, when you want to explain the concept from the video, you brain falters?

Very often, we feel smart because we pickup on the confidence of the person presenting the video. But the knowledge itself never makes it into our head.

Microsoft is in a campaign to alienate their most loyal users. I've been using multiple OS on a regular basis, but they are making it harder for me to work.

It's time to ditch them for good.

When you go to a store, they ask you for your phone number casually. As if it is required to perform any transactions. This is data collection in disguise.

Just remember, you don't have to share any information to buy anything. You have the power to say no.

What happens to your website after 100 years? How can you ensure that your work continues to exist and is accessible after you pass?

There are two answers. One is: use paper. Paper is accessible, is sturdy and is easy to read. But what happens to a 100 year old blog that nobody reads?

This brings us to the second method. Share your work recklessly, and don't worry about paper. Let your ideas brew in other people's mind and if it is worth it, they will keep it alive.

Behind our phones are experts and psychologist that are working tirelessly to manipulate us to increase engagement with their apps.

They use the defense of "Use our app responsibly" to throw every tactic of manipulation at us. The strong willed user can resist, but for most of us we are at their mercy.

It's not often that you hear stories from inside the tech industry. It's easy to get lost in the hype and forget that there are real people working behind every product.

As a tech worker, I've been telling these stories from the inside for a decade. Through this podcast, I will like to share my perspective and help you navigate through the hype and help you distinguish pure innovation from regurgitation.

Join me in this 80th episode.

Adding a chatbot to your website doesn't automatically make it a better website. Instead, it just mops up the UI issues that you should focus on.