David — your point that building faster doesn’t guarantee we’re building better is spot on. It’s wild how often “efficiency” becomes a substitute for “effectiveness.” Do you see any current AI tools (or the folks using them) actually supporting more thoughtful, human-centered creation? Or is that still wishful thinking?
It's simply weird what's happening now. I'm sad. It feels like you're falling back to what we wanted to avoid, building stuff for the sake of it.
Many companies (with capital M) are trying to optimize the wrong thing. Delivery speed has not been the problem already for a while, but learning time is. And what I see now is pointing to shipping more for its sake.
I do know a few (small f) teams using AI to accelerate learning, and I believe such teams will outperform those trying to do everything without knowing the why.
Exactly. Using AI to actually learn faster, not just ship faster, feels like the real unlock. Most seem to treat it like a productivity booster, not a thinking partner. My biggest personal gains have been with the latter.
Would love to learn more about the few teams you're seeing get this right. Maybe a future post to highlight their efforts?
David — your point that building faster doesn’t guarantee we’re building better is spot on. It’s wild how often “efficiency” becomes a substitute for “effectiveness.” Do you see any current AI tools (or the folks using them) actually supporting more thoughtful, human-centered creation? Or is that still wishful thinking?
Hey Bryan,
It's simply weird what's happening now. I'm sad. It feels like you're falling back to what we wanted to avoid, building stuff for the sake of it.
Many companies (with capital M) are trying to optimize the wrong thing. Delivery speed has not been the problem already for a while, but learning time is. And what I see now is pointing to shipping more for its sake.
I do know a few (small f) teams using AI to accelerate learning, and I believe such teams will outperform those trying to do everything without knowing the why.
Exactly. Using AI to actually learn faster, not just ship faster, feels like the real unlock. Most seem to treat it like a productivity booster, not a thinking partner. My biggest personal gains have been with the latter.
Would love to learn more about the few teams you're seeing get this right. Maybe a future post to highlight their efforts?
nice read!