I see a new tool or product, read the launch post, try it out, and honestly feel excited about it. It looks useful. It promises to save time or reduce friction. I want it to work.
Then a few weeks later, I realize I have not opened it in a while.
Not because it is awful. More because it never quite became part of my routine. Maybe it was slower than expected. Maybe it required too much setup. Maybe it solved a problem I do not actually have that often.
I am curious how common this is for other people here.
What is a piece of tech you were genuinely excited about, gave a real shot, and then quietly stopped using?
What made you stop?
I am especially interested in answers from people who wanted it to succeed.
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DamonHD•2h ago
2) As a low-level C++/C/asm/hardware guy I'd like to get into Rust but haven't yet got started because I haven't had a recent project that would benefit. Not quite your question.
3) When dinosaurs still roamed the Earth many many people thought that a sprinkling of XML would fix everything, with similar levels of hype to the current LLM wave. I do regularly use XML (eg as XHTML source for my Web site, and in my RSS podcast feeds), but not for everything. Also see SOAP and WSDL...