I think your last sentence sums it up perfectly. It does seem that we have different views on software. Rebutting your points would just rehash my above comment

I think your last sentence sums it up perfectly. It does seem that we have different views on software. Rebutting your points would just rehash my above comment. The only new point I'd like to add is one that requires imagination. Imagine if we had adopted performance oriented mindset 20 years ago, instead of today and we solved the developer productivity conundrum that we both care about so much. What a wonderful state software would be in, where IDE's can be installed in seconds, each action is instant and the engineer is completely intimate with every aspect of their baby. This depth of knowledge offers a certain creativity that results in amazing things. It lets engineers rise above what is good for the business and gives them the freedom to push software to it's utter limit. That's evolution. That's progress. That's engineering. PS: The reason I quoted John Carmack specifically in my first comment is because he is such an engineer.