--- title: Complicated sticks | daily.dev description: The post discusses the trend of making what the author calls 'complicated sticks', which are complex tech products that are useful for everything and nothing... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/complicated-sticks-jwvlubkdx twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Complicated sticks | daily.dev og:description: The post discusses the trend of making what the author calls 'complicated sticks', which are complex tech products that are useful for everything and nothing... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/complicated-sticks-jwvlubkdx og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/JwVLuBkDx.png og:image:alt: Complicated sticks og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Complicated sticks **[Medium](https://daily.dev/sources/medium_js)** · 4 min read · 5 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary The post discusses the trend of making what the author calls 'complicated sticks', which are complex tech products that are useful for everything and nothing in particular. The author criticizes the trend in product design and marketing that focuses on potential experiences rather than specific purposes. The post references an ad for the newest iPad as an example. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#tech-news](https://daily.dev/tags/tech-news), [#tools](https://daily.dev/tags/tools) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/complicated-sticks-jwvlubkdx) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Complicated sticks","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/complicated-sticks-jwvlubkdx","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/complicated-sticks-jwvlubkdx"},"datePublished":"2024-05-14T06:27:04.076Z","dateModified":"2024-05-14T06:27:03.790Z","description":"The post discusses the trend of making what the author calls 'complicated sticks', which are complex tech products that are useful for everything and nothing...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/04cecfa47b45bb41fffcba7a68b72685?_a=AQAEuiZ","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/04cecfa47b45bb41fffcba7a68b72685?_a=AQAEuiZ","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Medium","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Medium","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/medium","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/medium_js"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/complicated-sticks-jwvlubkdx","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":5},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"tech-news,tools","timeRequired":"PT4M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Medium","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/medium_js"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Complicated sticks"}]} ```