The Chat Bar Has Arrived

The moment I wrote about back in October 2024 has finally arrived.

Turns out, creativity wasn't required after all, so now everyone is just betting on the same thing - the chat bar:

Uploaded image — A screenshot of a tweet about the Chat Bar in Linear, PostHog, Attio

What a sad state of software, really. Instead of useful dashboards or UIs you've memorized and can navigate in a couple of clicks, you now get a dull chat bar where you have to ask a question first.

It's funny how the IT guys, the most introverted crowd, are building the most extroverted thing of all: something where you have to talk all day long.