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sgustard commented on AI is killing B2B SaaS   nmn.gl/blog/ai-killing-b2... · Posted by u/namanyayg
cj · 5 days ago
When you’re in the middle of a production down event and your whole team is diagnosing the issue, and your log server is unresponsive, who do you contact for support?

No one, you pull an engineer off the production issue to debug the log server, because you need the log server to debug the production servers.

See the problem?

Edit: to be clear I’m no fan of Datadog and I wish self hosting were an option. I want this path for our company, but at least on our team we just don’t have enough (redundant) expertise to deploy and manage these systems. We’d have to hire an extra FTE.

sgustard · 5 days ago
The old argument for being locked in to legacy software costing 6-8 figures a year was that you had no choice. Now you have a choice! Clearly that is better, and everyone should evaluate that choice on its merits, and the stock market sees that people are voting with their dollars. If your whole sales pitch is "good luck when it breaks!" you might want to reevaluate your business model.
sgustard commented on Heathrow drops the liquids rule   flymag.com/heathrow-drops... · Posted by u/lxm
sgustard · 14 days ago
Blatant AI author. Here's a better article by humans. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1evvx89559o

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sgustard commented on When employees feel slighted, they work less   penntoday.upenn.edu/news/... · Posted by u/consumer451
nsgi · 16 days ago
As a Brit, the birthday card example feels oddly American. The effect seems plausible, but the UK equivalent slight would be something much more informal
sgustard · 16 days ago
Sounds like it's not unheard of in the UK: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskUK/comments/1fabd0c/how_does_you...
sgustard commented on Proof of Corn   proofofcorn.com/... · Posted by u/rocauc
deejaaymac · 17 days ago
I'm not a huge fan of the unsolicited spam/letters/coupons/etc I get in my mail box from businesses and there's no way for me to opt out.
sgustard · 17 days ago
I have more confidence that if I reply "never contact me again" to AI it might actually obey, unlike any people that have spammed me.

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sgustard commented on Apple Creator Studio   apple.com/newsroom/2026/0... · Posted by u/lemonlime227
fidotron · a month ago
> These apps will continue receiving updates, with the latest versions adopting the beautiful new visual design language with Liquid Glass on all platforms

Are the Apple people really this oblivious, or is someone in PR trolling us?

sgustard · a month ago
At least in the screenshots I did not notice absurdly large window corner radii.
sgustard commented on Google is dead. Where do we go now?   circusscientist.com/2025/... · Posted by u/tomjuggler
fairity · a month ago
Surprised to see this upvoted because the takeaway is completely incorrect, and based on the anecdotal evidence of one advertiser.

As someone who spends seven figures every month on Google ads, what’s much more likely to be happening here is that the individual advertiser is either getting outcompeted or they’re executing ads poorly.

Google ads revenue in the US continues to grow every quarter. And, since advertisers will generally invest in ads until the last dollar is break even, it’s likely that the total value advertisers unlock through Google ads is growing as well. Whether that’s true or not, the notion that value generated for advertisers is “dead” is absurd.

sgustard · a month ago
I just Googled "kids magic show in Durban" and his ad showed up in the top slot (sorry if this post has swamped your ad bill); and as a bonus, the Gemini AI blurb also touted him: "For kids' magic shows in Durban, look for local entertainers like Big Top Entertainment..."

Doesn't seem like the issue is he's being outbid by international conglomerates with million dollar budgets. Maybe the kids magic show market has cooled in South Africa? Or users have left Google? Curious what we are to conclude here.

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