Steve Lordstevelord@toot.haxors.club
Jul 3, 2026, 2:16 PMI love everything about the way it was written, but it got under my skin more than watching Obsession: https://weli.dev/blog/half-baked-product/
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Andreas (82MHz)82mhz@bsd.cafeJul 3, 2026, 2:43 PM@stevelord
This is painful, because it's so true... I've worked at places that functioned very similar to this.Also, good to see you back here! It's been a while :)
- Steve Lordstevelord@toot.haxors.clubJul 3, 2026, 8:52 PM@82mhz@bsd.cafe same here :)
Maya Granadekevingranade@mastodon.gamedev.placeJul 3, 2026, 2:55 PM@stevelord tag yourself, I'm luigi.
b3lt3rb3lt3r@mastodon.b3lt3r.comJul 3, 2026, 3:07 PM@stevelord how can anything be so funny and at the same time, profoundly sad?
fG!osxreverser@mastodon.socialJul 3, 2026, 4:13 PM@stevelord AHHAHAHAHAHA thanks for posting this, loved it!!!!!
Amin Girasolfluidlogic@oldbytes.spaceJul 3, 2026, 5:58 PM@stevelord I have lived this too many times. This story makes me sad.
- Steve Lordstevelord@toot.haxors.clubJul 3, 2026, 8:50 PM@fluidlogic@oldbytes.space me too my friend, me too
G Wade Johnsongwadej@mas.toJul 4, 2026, 1:03 PM@fluidlogic @stevelord and they haven't reached the point where the business is asking the engineers to justify their estimates to prove they aren't "goldplating the design".