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• [1]Archive
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• [2]Newsletter
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• [3]Work
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• [4]Contact
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[5]Baldur Bjarnason
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Web dev at the end of the world, from Hveragerði, Iceland
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28 March 2024
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‘I’m not a cynic, I’m disappointed’ – the Software Crisis Easter Sale
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Most people don’t realise just how few of the “critics” in tech are genuine
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cynics.
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You don’t spend a good part of your life shouting about bad websites or broken
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software and how they could be fixed if you’re a cynic.
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Cynics don’t believe things can be fixed and they don’t believe that fixing
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things would help in the first place.
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Somebody who is constantly pointing out various instances of software
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inaccessibility isn’t doing so because they’re a cynic. They believe this can
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be done better; they were optimistic enough to expect more; and now they’re
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disappointed.
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And anybody who thinks that pointing out common flaws in the tech industry is
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good for your career is hilariously wrong. Dramatically pulls out his wallet
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using only his index finger and thumb. Carefully opens it. A cartoonish moth
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flies out of the empty wallet.
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People who point out what needs to be improved are generally disappointed
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optimists. Only an optimist would believe that pointing out what has gone wrong
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could ever result in said issue being fixed. Only somebody who believes that
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software could be universally useful to everybody in society is going to spend
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time discovering and highlighting accessibility issues.
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You don’t spend years of your life figuring out how the flaws of the web can be
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fixed unless you think the web has massive unfulfilled potential.
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We’re not cynics. If we were, we wouldn’t waste so much energy being hopeful.
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But, people in tech frequently seem to believe that people like me are haters –
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that we’re out to prevent the industry from doing amazing things.
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That, the seeming slow progress, and the frequent setbacks get tiring after a
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while. We’re only a quarter of the way through the year and I’m already
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exhausted.
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I’m not a religious person, but Easter is coming around right at a time when I
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need a bit of a break, so a break it is.
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However, being the eternal optimist that I am, I figure I might as well run an
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Easter sale while I’m off on the couch watching movies.
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So, until the end of day 1 April, the discount code EASTER24 will give you a
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$10 USD off any of my ebooks. That means that you can get Out of the Software
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Crisis and The Intelligence Illusion for $25 USD each.
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And, yes, it means that, since their normal price starts at $10 USD you can get
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the ebook version of Yellow or my essay collection Bad Writing And Other Essays
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for $0 USD.
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(Though, in the case of Bad Writing you have the option of paying more if you
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want to support this blog.)
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The discount code again:
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EASTER24
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The ebooks:
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[6]Out of the Software Crisis
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[DEL:$35 USD:DEL]… $25 USD for PDF and EPUB.
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[7]Direct checkout with discount applied
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[8]The Intelligence Illusion
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[DEL:$35 USD:DEL]… $25 USD for PDF and EPUB.
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[9]Direct checkout with discount applied
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[10]Bad Writing
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[11]Direct checkout with discount applied
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[12]Yellow: principles (or useless aphorisms) for software dev (ebook edition)
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In the meantime, try to be kind to yourselves and forgiving of your own flaws.
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Not because of some religious thing.
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Do it because it makes sense.
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[14] Links, Notes, and Photos (28 March 2024)
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References:
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[1] https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/archive
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[2] https://softwarecrisis.dev/
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[3] https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/work/2021/
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[15] https://softwarecrisis.dev/
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[19] https://twitter.com/fakebaldur
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