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Discussion on: What was the most over-hyped software movement?

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Jason C. McDonald • Edited

It's hard to pick just one! Candidates...

  • Neural networks,
  • Blockchain (@lukewestby called it first!),
  • Internet of Things,
  • AI/machine learning,
  • Scroll-wheel hijacking on Javascript websites...
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David J Eddy

"...Scroll-wheel hijacking on Javascript websites..."

One of those things we should have asked 'just because we can, should we?'

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Jason C. McDonald • Edited

Apropos to the last twenty years of web development, I might add.

And people mock me for creating content-oriented sites without all the bells and whistles. "You should make it modern-looking."

criticism >> /dev/null

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Dan Fockler

I'd say that Neural Networks and AI/ML have made a huge impact in the large companies that have the expertise to implement them correctly, i.e. Google, Facebook, Amazon. But for the general purpose programmers they haven't at all.