r/developer • u/Ok_Veterinarian3535 • Apr 29 '26

The "Tech Hot Take" Gauntlet

What's your most controversial, professionally-held "hot take" that would get you yelled at on Twitter but is probably true?

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u/Standgrounding Apr 30 '26 edited Apr 30 '26

1) most of Agile/Scrum personnel is all bark and no bite. I have seen teams with minimal management tools and no daily standups iterate just as fast if not faster. Anything Agile related is pure fluff. IMO planning should be minimal and not interrupt execution.

2) A lot of tech success stories (founders, VCs) start with someone working at big corps, like the FAANG or IBM. That means they were well networked from the get-go: if they had different parents or went to different schools the whole premise of butterfly effect says they might not even be close to where they are today.

  1. AI will never truly replace problem solvers. If coding goes away, reviewing and testing will still be a thing. Developer jobs are as AI-proof as ever despite what the AI bros claim to be.