I feel like the modern connected internet is collapsing.

Phone apps fail to update themselves. Forms can't be completed. Email doesn't get delivered. People can't even link to their own websites properly. Cross--browser compability is on the decline. Every additional CPU core makes my laptop slower.

It's as if we achieved peak convenience a few years ago by building and building, all while ignoring the technical debt we were piling up. But now the dam is broken and it's sweeping down the valley and through the town.

#Grumpy #ITSucks

I'm not one of the baddies, but I might have to ask:

"Am I the old man shaking fist at cloud?"

I sometimes catch myself mumbling grumpily at the 'cloud' and SaaS parts of yon Internet. Hosting and VPS services can make me especially grumpy and fist-thumpy when they break.

#grumpy #grump #grumble #grrr #grouse #grouch