ShopTalk Show 689 w/Tyler Sticka

Tyler Sticka on AI:

the weird reliance on the platform, but complete undermining of the platform at the same time is such an odd vibe.

He has another post that lays out his thinking in more detail, but this is a spot-on observation to me.

I’m trying to think of an analogy — it’s like…watching interstate truck drivers drag chains behind them as they travel, ruining the very roads they simultaneously benefit from.

Given that the omnibox is the biggest money making UI element ever made it’s no surprise that everyone’s goal is: make the same thing but own the omnibox.

Also this great observation:

More and more the older I get, the side projects that survive are the ones where maintenance is almost non-existent.