Bard spotting on Bluesky 03 September 2024

chelsea bridge 🏳️⚧️ (@secretaboutbox.bsky.social):

there's a line on my resume about making backup "invisible". why? shouldn't backup have lots of options and tons of features with plenty of UI presence?

do you want lots of people to use it? then you don't actually want these. you want it to be unfrickupable, frictionless, and not bother people.

Micah (@rincewind.run):

something I have had hammered into me by working in software for the past fifteen years is that it's impossible to overstate how important a smooth and intuitive user experience is

most people want things to Just Work, the second you put any tech barrier up you lose 90% of users

Ms. Penny Oaken (@skywitches.net):

There's also the wonderful world of "If you give them the full range of options, a not-insignificant number of them will make sure 24 hours of data takes 27 hours to backup, while hitting the back wall of that hard drive's bathtub curve in a week"