"Read AI news, spend the rest of the day feeling worthless": the developer mood in one tweet
FlorianGallwitz · x · 2026-10-07
A tweet by KorbinianRueger, retweeted by FlorianGallwitz, perfectly captures the current practitioner mindset: start working → read something about AI progress → spend the rest of the day feeling everything you do is worthless → repeat.
The one-liner resonated widely, reflecting the pervasive career anxiety driven by the pace of model iteration.
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