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jonwinstanley commented on AI is killing B2B SaaS nmn.gl/blog/ai-killing-b2... · Posted by u/namanyayg

bandrami · 5 days ago

It's a tale as old as time that developers, particularly junior developers, are convinced they could "slap together something in one weekend" that would replace expensive SAAS software and "just do the parts of it we actually use". Unfortunately, the same arguments against those devs regular-coding a bespoke replacement apply to them vibe-coding a bespoke replacement: management simply doesn't want to be responsible for it. I didn't understand it before I was in management either, but now that I'm in management I 100% get it.

jonwinstanley · 5 days ago

So you think this downturn will be short lived?

When management realise that the vibe coded projects are not maintainable, SAAS will be as popular as ever

jonwinstanley commented on A Crisis comes to Wordle: Reusing old words forkingmad.blog/wordle-cr... · Posted by u/cyanbane

trothamel · 8 days ago

If I remember correctly, the original version of wordle used a word list that was run past the creator's wife, who had learned English later in life. The result was a really accessible game - none of the words felt like ones you wouldn't know. It probably makes sense to reuse words than risk losing that accessibility.

(I kept a copy of original wordle, and it seems to have 2,315 words that are possible answers.)

jonwinstanley · 8 days ago

Yes there’s no point using technically correct words if hardly anyone know them.

jonwinstanley commented on Ask HN: What's the Point Anymore? · Posted by u/fnoef

drcongo · 13 days ago

Feels a little mean that people are flagging this, I wake up every morning thinking the same thing. I've started reading Humankind by Rutger Bregman in the hope of waking up feeling different.

[0] https://rutgerbregman.com/books/humankind

jonwinstanley · 13 days ago

Agreed, after years of software development only in the last couple of months have I started to think that maybe I need to reskill.

My current role should be ok for a few years, but hard to know if we will need any developers in 5 or 10.

jonwinstanley commented on Ask HN: What's the Point Anymore? · Posted by u/fnoef

ilya-pi · 13 days ago

Yes, specifically this.

jonwinstanley · 13 days ago

That product came out recently so will be top of mind. And maybe was the final straw for the OP when trying to find something to focus on?

jonwinstanley commented on Apple introduces new AirTag with longer range and improved findability apple.com/newsroom/2026/0... · Posted by u/meetpateltech

jonwinstanley · 13 days ago

I don't think you'd find any link between countries with latin based languages and theft. Differences in crime rates are going to be much more likely to be based on economic inequality, social policy, enforcement, and how crime is reported

jonwinstanley commented on Threat actors expand abuse of Microsoft Visual Studio Code jamf.com/blog/threat-acto... · Posted by u/vinnyglennon

fleebee · 18 days ago

I can only speak for $MY_JOB, but I'm pretty sure everyone was on Atom before VSC "got good". Atom had a good plugin ecosystem; what really drove the change was Atom's horrible performance issues whereas VSC was snappy and responsive.

What I believe also influenced the shift was that at that point in time MS had accumulated a decent amount of developer trust by giving us TypeScript and later on by acquiring GitHub. They appeared to care and have the right vision for open source.

jonwinstanley · 18 days ago

Ahh ok, interesting. I bounced off atom immediately but VS code got me.

jonwinstanley commented on Threat actors expand abuse of Microsoft Visual Studio Code jamf.com/blog/threat-acto... · Posted by u/vinnyglennon

glenngillen · 18 days ago

Wasn’t it a copy of Atom?

jonwinstanley · 18 days ago

Yes, Atom was an earlier shot at building a Sublime competitor too.

I don’t know how usage of Atom compared to Sublime, but within my friends and colleagues it was only when VS code got good that people started moving away from Sublime.

jonwinstanley commented on Threat actors expand abuse of Microsoft Visual Studio Code jamf.com/blog/threat-acto... · Posted by u/vinnyglennon

TheAdamist · 19 days ago

Coming from the perspective of an eclipse fan, why is VS code the defacto answer nowadays?

Im forced to use vs code (so biased), but everything seems worse than eclipse, plus these repeated security issues from malware laced projects.

Theres been several posts about infected projects by fake recruiters here in the last year or two.

Im guessing the answer is probably Java is why eclipse is out of favor.

jonwinstanley · 19 days ago

As I remember it, VS code was Microsoft’s response to Sublime.

Sublime was exceptionally popular for web developers throughout the 2010s.

Sublime was maintained by a single person as far as I know.

VS code was pretty much a copy of Sublime but with a much better extensions system and relatively quickly there were some great plugins that made VS code the de-facto editor for web development.

jonwinstanley commented on Apple picks Gemini to power Siri cnbc.com/2026/01/12/apple... · Posted by u/stygiansonic

niutech · a month ago

What's the difference if Apple gets $20B from Google and spends $1B to another company or just gets $19B from Google and doesn't spend nothing?

jonwinstanley · a month ago

I suppose Apple is forcing Google to compete against itself. "Pay us less, or pay us more and we buy someone else’s model."

Also accounting optics means Apple can shows lower revenue but cleaner margins

jonwinstanley commented on Apple picks Gemini to power Siri cnbc.com/2026/01/12/apple... · Posted by u/stygiansonic

Workaccount2 · a month ago

If nothing else, this was likely driven by Google being the most stable of the AI labs. Gemini is objectively a good model (whether it's #1 or #5 in ranking aside) so Apple can confidently deliver a good (enough) product. Also for Apple, they know their provider has ridiculously deep pockets, a good understanding and infrastructure in place for large enterprises, and a fairly diversified revenue stream.

Going with Anthropic or OpenAI, despite on the surface having that clean Apple smell and feel, carries a lot of risk Apple's part. Both companies are far underwater, liable to take risks, and liable to drown if they even fall a bit behind.

jonwinstanley · a month ago

With Anthropic or OpenAI they would have had to pay for it, but Google already pay them $20bn+ per year to be the default search engine - so they just knock $1bn off Google's bill for Gemini

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