Lowered Techspectations @loweredtech.bsky.social · 30/09/2026At tech companies, meetings are the bane of your existence. It is a very small minority which have a clear agenda, start and end on time, and stay on topic. What if someone crashed your one-on-one, or your skip level? UGH. That's what this week's Lowered Techspectations newsletter is about. 000
Lowered Techspectations @loweredtech.bsky.social · 16/09/2026This week marks one year since we launched Lowered Techspectations at @smallpressexpo.bsky.social 2025! It's been a fun ride and we're still going strong :) 000
Lowered Techspectations @loweredtech.bsky.social · 16/09/2026On this week's Lowered Techspectations, dangerous acronyms 😱 🤡 100
Lowered Techspectations @loweredtech.bsky.social · 16/09/2026A perfect metaphor for AI that doesn't rely on drawing robots!! Bravo @andertoon.bsky.social ! nickanderson.substack.com/p/brave-new-...nickanderson.substack.comBrave New WorldProgressive editorial cartoons, musings and sketches from a Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist. 000
Reposted by Lowered TechspectationsEd Zitron @edzitron.com · 09/09/2026I will say it is funny watching OpenAI boast about solving a complex math problem using millions of dollars of compute (and someone else’s work) all while remaining unable to solve the most obvious math problem (how to make their services profitable) 171454269
Reposted by Lowered TechspectationsMelanie Mitchell @melaniemitchell.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Hey @ericlipton.nytimes.com 👋 AI is not “evolving” on its own. *People* are choosing how to build it. *People* are choosing how to train it. *People* are choosing how to run it. Maybe the problem is that they are the *wrong people* to make these choices. 28635174
Lowered Techspectations @loweredtech.bsky.social · 03/09/2026This sprint Lowered Techspectations is on hiatus, OOO, PTO, whatever you wanna call it. Sometimes you just need a break from the... expectations. 000
Lowered Techspectations @loweredtech.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Excellent comic about AI avatars (profiles) on Facebook, designed to appeal to particular customers but which are exceedingly problematic. Cheers to @whittaylor.bsky.social. Read: www.patreon.com/CrucialComix...patreon.comNew Comic: Off Script | Crucial ComixGrappling with AI and Digital Blackface About the artist: Whit Taylor is a cartoonist, writer, editor, and public health educator from New 121
Reposted by Lowered Techspectationstheorangefedora.bsky.social @theorangefedora.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Come check out my art studio if you're in the area! There will be food trucks and a new art gallery show opening. Lots to see! Saturday the 22nd from 5-7:30. 011
Lowered Techspectations @loweredtech.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Today's Lowered Techspectations newsletter shows what goes wrong when everyone is prompting but no one is reading the output. Know the feeling? #techworkers #aislop 101
Reposted by Lowered TechspectationsMark Runyon @runyon.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Duplicate. Close This. #Stackoverflow #ProgrammerHumor 032
Lowered Techspectations @loweredtech.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Wait wait don't tell Dogboss! #overpaid.lol #chiefexecutivereplacementengine 100
Lowered Techspectations @loweredtech.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Don't you hate it when you get assigned 'action items' from meetings you weren't even in?? Check out this week's newsletter! 100
Lowered Techspectations @loweredtech.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Let's give AI agents credit cards to buy API stuff, what could possibly go wrong?? 010
Lowered Techspectations @loweredtech.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Strategent (the company where Lowered Techspecations takes place) conducts twice-annual biennial Employee Engagement Surveys, and then tries to act on the results. 002
Lowered Techspectations @loweredtech.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Wait til you see what I hallucinated. 000
Lowered Techspectations @loweredtech.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Wait, you draw all these comics by hand? Yes, @theorangefedora.bsky.social does. The latest newsletter dropped today. 120
Reposted by Lowered TechspectationsAllan “Ransomware Sommelier” Liska @ransomwaresommelier.com · 06/07/2026What kind of sociopath has EVER looked at a PDF document and said to themselves, "This could be a podcast?" 2255600967
Lowered Techspectations @loweredtech.bsky.social · 24/06/2026This week's newsletter, Frank tokenmaxxes all the vibes. buttondown.com/LoweredTechs... #tokenmaxxing#vibecodingbuttondown.comVibe coding without the vibesTwist my arm and give me a Mac Mini 010
Lowered Techspectations @loweredtech.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Congratulations to Barb on earning Employee of the month at Strategent, again! She's gotten us out of so many scrapes, we truly CANNOT fire her. 😅 000
Lowered Techspectations @loweredtech.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Lol Dogboss has never ever sounded like this... 000
Lowered Techspectations @loweredtech.bsky.social · 10/06/2026The alpha plane has had to make some serious pivots along the way. 100
Lowered Techspectations @loweredtech.bsky.social · 05/06/2026Great article on the miserable 'it's inevitable' language coming from AI boosters, written by Mike Monteiro of Mule Design. 120
Reposted by Lowered Techspectationsevacide @evacide.bsky.social · 18/05/2026Describing the current state of San Francisco to a writer friend: Me: You cannot satirize this place. It is beyond satire. Them *eyes glowing, voice echoing*: Challenge accepted. 3985
Lowered Techspectations @loweredtech.bsky.social · 27/05/2026This week's Lowered Techspectations newsletter - can AI replace engineers?????? buttondown.com/LoweredTechs...buttondown.comA token engineerFrank complains to Dogboss 000
Lowered Techspectations @loweredtech.bsky.social · 27/05/2026Dogboss is distancing himself from the Ferrari situation. 000
Lowered Techspectations @loweredtech.bsky.social · 27/05/2026Tech support isn't what it used to be. 011
Lowered Techspectations @loweredtech.bsky.social · 13/05/2026In this week's Lowered Techspectations newsletter, Darlington's teammates go looking for him. buttondown.com/LoweredTechs... #workingintechbuttondown.comNo returnTwo-way portals cost extra 030
Lowered Techspectations @loweredtech.bsky.social · 09/05/2026We're thought-leading on LinkedIn! Follow Strategent or Dogboss Hound for the latest jargon and highest ROI 030
Lowered Techspectations @loweredtech.bsky.social · 29/04/2026Darlington, a brave speech engineer at Strategent, volunteered to try the new portal to another dimension. In today's newsletter you find out where he went. buttondown.com/LoweredTechs... 001
Reposted by Lowered Techspectationskwisatz haderade (#FreeSkylar) @booksandbows.bsky.social · 27/04/2026seems like a great technology to build literally everything on 52306534
Lowered Techspectations @loweredtech.bsky.social · 20/04/2026Needing some strength on a Monday? Zen Paycheck recommends: The Pretender by Jackson Browne on #SoundCloud on.soundcloud.com/XX6xLCOIPfgX... #mondays #worklifegrindsoundcloud.comThe PretenderJackson Browne is not only a pivotal figure in the artistic history of Elektra/Asylum – remaining with the label for a remarkable 30 years – but the very existence of Asylum Records was a direct resul 020
Reposted by Lowered TechspectationsAlex Blechman @alexblechman.bsky.social · 16/05/2023Sci-Fi Author: In my book I invented the Torment Nexus as a cautionary tale Tech Company: At long last, we have created the Torment Nexus from classic sci-fi novel Don't Create The Torment Nexus 204251983
Lowered Techspectations @loweredtech.bsky.social · 16/04/2026When you can't decide what to put on the roadmap, just open a portal to another spectral plane, where someone is surely getting more done! Then you can spiel-merchant about it in this week's Lowered Techspectations newsletter. buttondown.com/LoweredTechs...buttondown.comAll Hands Meeting, continuedPay no attention to the disappearing engineer 000
Lowered Techspectations @loweredtech.bsky.social · 01/04/2026This week's post is a guest article written by Deryn Walker about AI and it's human imact. buttondown.com/LoweredTechs...buttondown.comIt's time to get seriousA guest post essay by Deryn Walker 100
Lowered Techspectations @loweredtech.bsky.social · 23/03/2026Chef's kiss comic by @mattielubchansky.com www.patreon.com/posts/averag...patreon.comthe average | Mattie LubchanskyGet more from Mattie Lubchansky on Patreon 000
Lowered Techspectations @loweredtech.bsky.social · 18/03/2026"I'm so proud of how our ELT passed the 'do you get the SF billboard' pop quiz at our last board meeting." – Dogboss, CEO of Strategent www.npr.org/2026/03/18/n...npr.orgDo you understand this billboard? If not, that's the whole pointSan Francisco's streets are plastered with cryptic ads from AI startups. The strategy is intentional — but it's not without cost. 000
Reposted by Lowered TechspectationsAnthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 16/07/2025chatgpt is much like an improv comedy group 1) you are the audience, giving it prompts 2) it produces things roughly shaped like your prompt 3) it is trained to respond with Yes, And 4) it has the factual accuracy of improv 5) it does not understand comedy 312106594
Lowered Techspectations @loweredtech.bsky.social · 18/03/2026Strategent's All Hands meeting really opened up some alternate realities! buttondown.com/LoweredTechs... 011
Lowered Techspectations @loweredtech.bsky.social · 04/03/2026Isn't there always that ONE GUY?? Read this week's Lowered Techspectations to get the goss. buttondown.com/LoweredTechs... 011
Lowered Techspectations @loweredtech.bsky.social · 19/02/2026This week's Lowered Techspectations newsletter we catch up with Strategent's quarterly planning process ... buttondown.com/LoweredTechs...buttondown.comQuarterly planning - it's crunch timeYou can kiss your PTO goodbye. 010
Lowered Techspectations @loweredtech.bsky.social · 04/02/2026This week's Lowered Techspectations is a double feature - one comic and one advice column! Check it out: buttondown.com/LoweredTechs... 011
Lowered Techspectations @loweredtech.bsky.social · 29/01/2026Providing tech support is a messy job sometimes. 🤢 010
Reposted by Lowered Techspectationstheorangefedora.bsky.social @theorangefedora.bsky.social · 28/01/2026Today the @latimes.com published a piece I created with @emenez2.bsky.social! I'm so pleased with how it turned out. Many thanks to editor Philip Gray. Op-comic: What I learned from a banjo (and a frog) www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...latimes.comOp-comic: What I learned from a banjo (and a frog)When I felt too low to make friends, an instrument challenged me and showed me how to take risks. 011
Lowered Techspectations @loweredtech.bsky.social · 21/01/2026This sprint's newsletter is a double feature! Read the latest from the AI-powered Replicant team, and an advice column for a new hire. buttondown.com/LoweredTechs... 010
Lowered Techspectations @loweredtech.bsky.social · 07/01/2026Quarterly planning, second try. buttondown.com/LoweredTechs...buttondown.comQuarterly planning - the second attemptWhy have priorities when you could have buzzwords? 000