You said human waves, not the person you are replying to. Russian did throw bodies at the problem and has shown callous disregard for the welfare of its soldiers.
I feel like you're not really replying to the comment above.
I don’t know who Boz is, so perhaps it makes me more receptive to his message, but I agree with what he says. Steve Jobs said the exact same thing about saying no and staying on target.
I am learning the same lessons at my far smaller and less evil endeavour. There is so much good you can do, and some many low-hanging fruit, but eventually these small detours that each come with small obligations pile up and make every next move harder. There comes a point where your main task is delayed by a yak shaving expedition that started as a small favour to a single user.
I never got good at it, but I see the value in ruthless prioritisation.
My German residence permit cut 10 centimeters off my height. Typos on the address registration form (which is printed by the resident, then typed back into a computer by a civil servant) frequently has typos too.
This is happening to my website. It is locally famous and beloved. I do not sell nonsense or pester users and every wrote is written by a human. Now traffic is down 75% from two years ago. LLMs and AI overviews are wrecking me.
He is also a damn good writer, and it’s fine if he makes money with it. I loved his free posts so much that I bought his book, and it was also excellent.
This website can be incredibly hostile to creatives having an income, at times.
Remember that young people are trying to enter a job market and establish themselves as adults. You had a bit of a head start before managers started trying to replace employees with AI.