Software rarely runs on code alone. It runs on fear, incentives, and the subtle art of not getting blamed.
This is a satirical magazine built from that truth — and I’d love feedback on whether it lands, what’s missing, or what stories you’d want to see next.
I think its often overlooked: Software is a social experience, and a socially-derived product. It is only as valuable as other humans say it is.
I think blamedriven.dev hits hard because of this fact - it uses human emotions to describe something that we, technologists, usually try to shy away from: the fact that our work is only as valuable as other humans say it is.
It pays to keep that in mind when developing something. If its not in someones hands, being used, its simply not useful, no matter how clever or smart it is while sitting on your own desktop.
True, though in practice “value” is usually whatever Spencer and Tina decide after they reconcile 2023’s underspend, 2024’s overspend, and next quarter’s political goals.
Keep truckin’, Ted. That feature’s gonna win us the contract. Probably.
Software rarely runs on code alone. It runs on fear, incentives, and the subtle art of not getting blamed.
This is a satirical magazine built from that truth — and I’d love feedback on whether it lands, what’s missing, or what stories you’d want to see next.
> what’s missing
Sitcom laugh track
Q1 2026. We’re fighting w leadership on budget approval for the laugh track and a mid-episode freeze-frame.
I think its often overlooked: Software is a social experience, and a socially-derived product. It is only as valuable as other humans say it is.
I think blamedriven.dev hits hard because of this fact - it uses human emotions to describe something that we, technologists, usually try to shy away from: the fact that our work is only as valuable as other humans say it is.
It pays to keep that in mind when developing something. If its not in someones hands, being used, its simply not useful, no matter how clever or smart it is while sitting on your own desktop.
True, though in practice “value” is usually whatever Spencer and Tina decide after they reconcile 2023’s underspend, 2024’s overspend, and next quarter’s political goals.
Keep truckin’, Ted. That feature’s gonna win us the contract. Probably.