2026-03-10 12:34 UTC
Lmao a recruiter reached out to see if I was interested in being the founding frontend engineer for the VC funded startup Sauron. I shit you not. Tech bros were like “what LoTR reference can we use that is more blatantly evil than Palantir? I know, name it after the character that represents the literal devil! Yes! People will definitely want buy our home automation app with that name!”
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@gabrielesvelto@mas.to 2026-03-10 12:51
@ksylor@front-end.social I can't believe they made the joke for real (LotR) This is a story about how the only people who can save the day are harmless, gentle creatures with no interest in power or wealth (tech-bros take on LotR) This Sauron guy sounds really cool
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@joenash@hachyderm.io 2026-03-10 12:56
@ksylor@front-end.social we’re days away from unironic BOMBadil aren’t we
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@m@martinh.net 2026-03-10 14:01
@ksylor@front-end.social CEO: At long last we have created Scorpion Stare, from the classic Charlie Stross novel...