Notices by karolina (fox@front-end.social)

@Ashedryden this was definitely invented in an all male suit meeting in which one of them said “the missus would love that”

“HTML is the most significant computing language ever developed. Underestimate it at your peril.”

I’ve been saying this for 10+ years and being endlessly mansplained by mediocre developers who will be receiving this pure gold article by @tim from now on.

https://www.wired.com/story/html-is-actually-a-programming-language-fight-me/

how do I even begin to explain that over a decade of devaluating design and frontend as disciplines coupled with the JavaScript frameworks pure disregard for the web platform resulted in absolute dogshit interfaces being the norm

“We could be choosing to create software that is local-first, more private, and more thoughtful. Still, we're choosing to build for the machine—not for each other.”

This analysis of current state of the design industry is spot on.

https://trends.uxdesign.cc/

This damning analysis of AI and it’s supposed potential of simplifying work/generating money for investors is so worth your time.

„All of this excitement, every second of breathless hype has been built on this idea that the artificial intelligence industry – led by generative AI – will somehow revolutionize everything from robotics to the supply chain, despite the fact that generative AI is not actually going to solve these problems because it isn't built to do so.”

https://www.wheresyoured.at/pop-culture/

„If nothing else, this illustrates the disconnect between those building AI systems, and how much (or, rather, how little) they understand the jobs they wish to eliminate. A little humility goes a long way.”

🔥

„The freelancers having their livelihoods replaced by bosses using generative AI aren't being "replaced" so much as they're being shown how little respect many bosses have for their craft, or for the customer it allegedly serves.”

👏🏻

📣 I'm looking for a new role! In case you don’t know me, I’m a designer, speaker, front-end dev & photographer with 15+ years of experience.

I’m after:

→ Senior+ level Product or Lead Designer roles
→ Remote (async) or Australian timezones
→ Full-time, but also open to part-time and consulting

Boosts very appreciated :blobcatheart: Looking forward to learning what’s out there!

Learn more about me here:

https://karolinaszczur.com/cv

#GetFediHired #FediHire #Design

2000s: can’t believe i have no space left on my hard drive to store my things
2010s: can’t believe i don’t need hard drive space because all my things are in the cloud
2020s: can’t believe all my things are used to train an ai without my consent, better store it on my hard drive

full circle strikes again

one of the many things that insatiable vc appetite for growth has done by funnelling absurd amounts of money into companies with no plan for sustainability is forced smaller businesses into defending decisions to not go freemium or offer endless discounts.

it constructed a reality in which free is normal, therefore lack of it is suspect and needs defending.

i’ve been writing front-end for the last 17+ years, and man, it’s so under-appreciated, under-resourced and plain disrespected it makes my web soul hurt.

systems aren’t maintainable, semantic, accessible or performant and it’s a direct result of javascriptification of FE and pure disregard for it as a discipline.

also, fuck capitalism

corporate brain worms truly run deep. think what you could be achieving in all of those meetings!!

my cat just tried eating a cactus. this is why i can’t have nice things

any product i’m using that announces AI features makes me instantly suspicious about privacy & security of my data. perfect example? grammarly.

in march, they announced GrammarlyGO generative AI (https://www.grammarly.com/blog/grammarlygo-augmented-intelligence/). i immediately contacted support asking:

- how it was trained
- can i opt out

it took me a while to get an honest answer but the **ONLY** way you can opt out is to pay for a business subscription for 500+ people.

welcome to the era of selling back your data back to you.