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> However, software engineering will change into a much more regulated environment. Writing software for the web will eventually become like writing software fo
by kmicklas 10y ago
> However, software engineering will change into a much more regulated environment. Writing software for the web will eventually become like writing software for the space shuttle: slow, rigorous and very expensive.
I wouldn't be totally pessimistic like this. Increases in regulation and quality standards will happen along with increases in programmer productivity as tools further improve. We're still living in the stone age of programming languages and system infrastructure.
- rm_-rf_slash 10y agoAgreed. People usually aren't aware that the 19th century was a sprawling graveyard of industrial accidents and train derailments, often because the regulations introduced as a result of these tragedies have turned them into a distant memory for an older generation and a "grandpa story" as far as young-uns are concerned.