#techculture — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #techculture, aggregated by home.social.
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You are on the fediverse, which means you already know the centralized web is drowning in AI slop. The algorithmic internet is collapsing under its own weight. I wrote a field guide to navigating the "Slop Economy" and how we survive the death of the useful web.
https://vibeaxis.com/dead-web-survival-guide-slop-economy/
#DeadInternet #Enshittification #TechCulture #WebDesign #CyberCulture #InternetHistory
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https://www.europesays.com/people/53522/ ‘Dario does not respect engineers’: Developer urges unhappy techies to quit Anthropic #AILabs #Anthropic #DarioAmodei #JavaScript #SoftwareEngineering #TechCulture #TheoBrowne #WebDevelopment
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https://www.europesays.com/people/50526/ ‘Dario does not respect engineers’: Developer urges unhappy techies to quit Anthropic #AILabs #Anthropic #DarioAmodei #JavaScript #SoftwareEngineering #TechCulture #TheoBrowne #WebDevelopment
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https://www.europesays.com/people/50442/ ‘Dario does not respect engineers’: Developer urges unhappy techies to quit Anthropic #AILabs #Anthropic #DarioAmodei #JavaScript #SoftwareEngineering #TechCulture #TheoBrowne #WebDevelopment
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The technical stack sentiment this week is clear:
Ascendant: #Python + #PyTorch + #MLOps + #LLM #GenAI #AgenticAI experience + Cloud.
These are the "Builders".
Debt: Generic software engineering. Pure data annotation. Non-AI cloud migration.
These are the "Reshaped" roles.
If your skill set is in the "Debt" category, the market is telling you to migrate *up* the stack. The window for that migration is closing. -
“Boeing 747s still use floppy disks” — true, but not the whole story.
We dive into why some legacy aircraft systems still rely on them, and what that says about IT today: stability > hype.
You are one of us.
Listen: https://www.ithorrorstories.eu/#rants
#ITHorrorStories #Aviation #LegacyTech #FloppyDisk #TechCulture #Tech
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Opti-Morons and the Death of Critical Thought
I’m tired. Not the kind of tired that a good night’s sleep or a weekend off the grid can fix. It’s a deeper, more pervasive exhaustion—the fatigue of living in a culture of relentless, performative positivity. In the tech world, we’re told to “crush it,” to “move fast,” and to embrace every new “game-changer” with uncritical enthusiasm. If you’re not a believer, you’re a “naysayer” or, worse, a “blocker” of progress.https://web.brid.gy/r/https://gaggl.com/blogs/2026-04-13-the-tyranny-of-positivity/
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BIG TECH COMEDIES: FROM GIGGLES TO GRIMACES
Why are comedy shows about Big Tech companies becoming more serious? Learn how public fear of surveillance and data privacy is changing TV humor in 2026.
#bigtech, #tvnews, #techculture, #mediaanalysis, #digitalprivacy
https://newsletter.tf/big-tech-comedy-shows-becoming-serious-2026/
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Slightly safer vibecoding by adopting old hacker habits
http://addxorrol.blogspot.com/2026/03/slightly-safer-vibecoding-by-adopting.html
#HackerNews #SlightlySaferVibecoding #OldHackerHabits #CyberSecurity #TechCulture #ProgrammingTips
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🚀 Breaking News: Ancient Dodgers fan can't enter modern tech coliseum because he doesn't possess the sacred scroll of the smartphone. 📱 Meanwhile, Silicon Valley sacrifices another soul to the digital gods, all in the name of progress. 🤦♂️
https://twitter.com/Suzierizzo1/status/2040864617467924865 #AncientDodgersFan #DigitalDivide #TechCulture #SiliconValley #ProgressOrSacrifice #HackerNews #ngated -
The Cathedral, the Bazaar, and the Winchester Mystery House
https://www.dbreunig.com/2026/03/26/winchester-mystery-house.html
#HackerNews #Cathedral #Bazaar #WinchesterMysteryHouse #TechCulture #OpenSource #Architecture
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Unsubscribe from the Church of Graphs
https://www.adorableandharmless.com/p/unsubscribe-from-the-church-of-graphs
#HackerNews #Unsubscribe #Church #of #Graphs #DataVisualization #CriticalThinking #TechCulture
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Ah yes, another ode to a glorified text editor with a keyboard shortcut fetish 🧙♂️. As our dear author waxes poetic, we can only marvel at their "intimate" connection to a program that’s basically a Rubik's cube for masochists 🧩. Surely, the world will stop turning if the mighty #Vim ever exits stage left 🎭.
https://drewdevault.com/2026/03/25/2026-03-25-Forking-vim.html #KeyboardShortcuts #TextEditor #Programming #Humor #TechCulture #HackerNews #ngated -
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🎧 ** #Podcast ** tubefree.org/feeds/podcast/videos.xml?videoChannelId=5934 #FiresideFedi #FiresideChat #Podcast #VideoPodcast #Fediverse #Fedi #ActivityPub #BSKY #DecentralizedSocial #OpenSocialWeb #Community #TechCulture #FutureOfSocial #TechTalk #DevCommunity #CodingFun
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Most IT leaders measure success by delivery. Few measure what survives after they leave.
What would your organization keep doing if you were gone tomorrow?
#ITLeadership #LeadershipLegacy #TechCulture #CIOPerspective
#DigitalTrust #TechnologyStrategy #EnduringImpact
https://stayingalive.in/cataloguing-strategic-innov/leaving-a-legacy-building.html -
🤣 Microsoft is going all-in with its automated moderation tools, blocking Discord messages just for saying "MicroSlop." The meme, popular among annoyed devs to poke fun at buggy or bloated software, is now being flagged by Microsoft’s AI as "hate speech."
Honestly, this is what happens when a company lets algorithms handle "cultural sensitivity" on autopilot. Sure, technically "slop" can be an insult, but the AI totally misses the inside joke that devs are making. Instead of listening to what people are actually saying about their products, Microsoft just turbocharged the meme, and now it’s guaranteed to go viral even faster. Classic Streisand Effect.
🧠 Automated moderation keeps tripping over inside jokes and creative digs.
⚡ The AI just can’t tell the difference between an honest rant and real harassment.
🎓 Now everyone’s getting clever with new euphemisms to dodge the ban.
🔍 This move accidentally brought gamers and devs together; everyone’s roasting Microsoft now.https://www.fastcompany.com/91501766/microsoft-discord-microslop-banned-viral-phenomenon
#AIModeration #PlatformGovernance #TechCulture #Microsoft #MicroSlop #Censorship #Freedom #Softare #Discord -
The second you start seeing it, you can't stop seeing it.
https://knowprose.com/2026/03/delusion-in-delusion-out-dido/
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62% of UK executives say they use AI to make “most decisions.”
46% say they now rely on AI advice more than their own colleagues.
That sounds like a potential case of Executive DIDO.
Delusion In, Delusion Out.
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📢 TOMORROW!
Learn how tech & capitalism shape human creativity in SEARCHES: SELFHOOD IN THE DIGITAL AGE w/ Vauhini Vara & Luca Messarra.
🎙️📖 A LIVE #booktalk you won’t want to miss.
📅 Thurs Feb 26, 2026
🕙 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET
📍 ONLINE
🎟️ https://blog.archive.org/event/book-talk-searches-selfhood-in-the-digital-age/ -
If you could send one lesson back to your first year as an IT leader, what would it be, and why did it take time to surface? #ITLeadership #CIOPerspective #TechStrategy #DigitalTrust #LeadershipJudgment #EnterpriseIT #TechCulture
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/twenty-years-forward-quiet-truths-from-long-road-sanjay-k-mohindroo--ub3uc -
✏️📆 Filling out your calendar for the week?
🎙️📖 Consider joining us for a LIVE #booktalk exploring how AI transforms what we create & share in SEARCHES: SELFHOOD IN THE DIGITAL AGE w/ Vauhini Vara & Luca Messarra.
📅 Thurs Feb 26, 2026
🕙 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET
📍 ONLINE
🎟️ https://blog.archive.org/event/book-talk-searches-selfhood-in-the-digital-age/ -
Meet the voices behind next week's #booktalk, SEARCHES: SELFHOOD IN THE DIGITAL AGE 📖
VAUHINI VARA reports for The Atlantic, The New Yorker & NYT Magazine, and is the author of The Immortal King Rao & This is Salvaged.
LUCA MESSARRA, Public Humanities Fellow @internetarchive & Stanford PhD, studies literature, digital humanities & text tech.
📅 Thurs Feb 26, 2026
🕙 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET
📍 ONLINE
🎟️ https://blog.archive.org/event/book-talk-searches-selfhood-in-the-digital-age/ -
📚 How does tech shape our desire to understand & connect?
Join Vauhini Vara, award-winning journalist & author, for a LIVE #booktalk on SEARCHES: SELFHOOD IN THE DIGITAL AGE w/ co-host Luca Messarra.
📅 Thurs Feb 26, 2026
🕙 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET
📍 ONLINE
🎟️ https://blog.archive.org/event/book-talk-searches-selfhood-in-the-digital-age/Co-hosted by @internetarchive & @AuthorsAlliance
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Where do age gaps show up most in your IT teams? In code reviews, planning, or growth talks. Share one moment that shaped your view. #ITLeadership #InclusiveTeams #TechCulture #FutureOfWork #DigitalLeadership #TeamPerformance #EnterpriseIT
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/leading-multi-generational-teams-sanjay-k-mohindroo--featc -
📚 How do our searches shape who we are, and who profits?
Join Vauhini Vara, award-winning tech journalist and author, for a LIVE podcast recording and #booktalk on SEARCHES, co-hosted by Luca Messarra.
📅 Thurs Feb 26, 2026
🕙 10am PT / 1pm ET
📍 ONLINE
🎟️ https://blog.archive.org/event/book-talk-searches-selfhood-in-the-digital-age/ -
Demand pressure never fades. Clarity and limits turn it into a strength. Curious to hear how others balance demand and capacity in real settings. #DemandManagement #ITLeadership #CapacityPlanning #TechStrategy #EnterpriseIT #DigitalExecution #ITGovernance #TechCulture #ITTransformation
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/demand-meets-design-aligning-supply-real-capacity-sanjay-k-mohindroo--gy2ec -
Leadership parity is achievable. The data shows pipelines work when designed intentionally. Progression systems matter.
#WomenInLeadership #CareerProgression #DEI #TalentDevelopment #TechCulture
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Do you have a topic you want to debate, but no one willing to sit with the complexity instead of rushing to conclusions?
I am here for that kind of conversation.
Let us think out loud without turning it into a performance.
#ThoughtfulConversation #DeepThinking #Nuance #Complexity #CriticalThinking
#Ideas #Debate #IntellectualCuriosity #Philosophy #LongTermThinking
#FediMeta #AskFedi #WritersOfFedi #TechCulture #IndieWeb #OpenWeb -
Software engineers should be a little bit cynical
https://www.seangoedecke.com/a-little-bit-cynical/
#HackerNews #SoftwareEngineers #Cynicism #TechCulture #CriticalThinking #ProfessionalDevelopment
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Software engineers should be a little bit cynical
https://www.seangoedecke.com/a-little-bit-cynical/
#HackerNews #SoftwareEngineers #Cynicism #TechCulture #CriticalThinking #ProfessionalDevelopment
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Software engineers should be a little bit cynical
https://www.seangoedecke.com/a-little-bit-cynical/
#HackerNews #SoftwareEngineers #Cynicism #TechCulture #CriticalThinking #ProfessionalDevelopment
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Software engineers should be a little bit cynical
https://www.seangoedecke.com/a-little-bit-cynical/
#HackerNews #SoftwareEngineers #Cynicism #TechCulture #CriticalThinking #ProfessionalDevelopment
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Software engineers should be a little bit cynical
https://www.seangoedecke.com/a-little-bit-cynical/
#HackerNews #SoftwareEngineers #Cynicism #TechCulture #CriticalThinking #ProfessionalDevelopment
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The Rise of Computer Games, Part I: Adventure
https://technicshistory.com/2025/12/13/the-rise-of-computer-games-part-i-adventure/
#HackerNews #TheRiseOfComputerGames #AdventureGaming #GameHistory #TechCulture #GamingEvolution
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Vibe Coding: Empowering and Imprisoning
https://www.anildash.com/2025/12/02/vibe-coding-empowering-and-imprisoning/
#HackerNews #VibeCoding #Empowering #Imprisoning #TechCulture #SoftwareDevelopment #Innovation
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Live is apparently an 'enjoyable mess.' An immersive theatre production tackling Adams' chaotic genius? Sounds like they nailed the 'mess' part, especially with a standout Marvin the Paranoid Android! But is an 'enjoyable mess' what we truly need, or just what we get?
#HitchhikersGuide #LiveTheatre #DouglasAdams #SciFi #TechCulture
https://www.engadget.com/entertainment/the-hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy-live-is-an-enjoyable-mess-140000853.html?src=rss -
Yesterday’s & today’s moments in tech history 👇
#TechConsumers #TamilTech #TechHistoryDaily #RetroComputing #DigitalHistory #ComputingStories #TechCulture #WindowsLegacy #FernandoCorbato #OneAmongYou
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Discover how IT leaders can optimize collaboration tools to reduce overwhelm and boost focus in hybrid workplaces. Join the discussion on mindful digital collaboration. #DigitalTransformation #ITLeadership #Collaboration #FutureOfWork #CIOPriorities #EmployeeExperience #TechCulture #DigitalWorkplace
https://medium.com/@sanjay.mohindroo66/collaboration-tools-balancing-productivity-and-overwhelm-64b730fa6f3c -
Explore how IT leaders are reinventing service desks through AI, empathy, and predictive operations. Join the discussion on the future of IT support. #DigitalTransformation #ITLeadership #RemoteWork #AIOps #CIOPriorities #ITStrategy #TechCulture
https://medium.com/@sanjay.mohindroo66/it-support-in-a-remote-first-world-reinventing-service-desks-3827019ce948 -
The problem isn’t that DHH finally said the quiet part out loud.
The problem is that you’re still pretending it’s shocking, still refusing to connect the dots, and still showing the world that whiteness matters more to you than justice.
Post Link: https://jakelazaroff.com/words/dhh-is-way-worse-than-i-thought/
#DHH #WhiteSupremacyCulture #Mediocre #TechCulture #WhiteMen #Complicity #Equity #Inclusion #Antiracism #SystemsOfOppression #Whiteness #ProfitWithoutOppression #KimCrayton
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What is "good taste" in software engineering?
https://www.seangoedecke.com/taste/
#HackerNews #goodtaste #softwareengineering #designprinciples #softwaredevelopment #techculture
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What is "good taste" in software engineering?
https://www.seangoedecke.com/taste/
#HackerNews #goodtaste #softwareengineering #designprinciples #softwaredevelopment #techculture
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What is "good taste" in software engineering?
https://www.seangoedecke.com/taste/
#HackerNews #goodtaste #softwareengineering #designprinciples #softwaredevelopment #techculture
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What is "good taste" in software engineering?
https://www.seangoedecke.com/taste/
#HackerNews #goodtaste #softwareengineering #designprinciples #softwaredevelopment #techculture
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What is "good taste" in software engineering?
https://www.seangoedecke.com/taste/
#HackerNews #goodtaste #softwareengineering #designprinciples #softwaredevelopment #techculture