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Where would we be if computer programming wasn't recreating nearly identical CRUD apps and desperately figuring out how to make people on the internet click on

• red75prime 8y ago
  That's a sufficiently different alternative universe, where people don't take certain avenues of money making. Depending on the differences, it could be that there's no programming at all.
• bartread 8y ago
  What really blows my mind is how overcomplicated so many organisations manage to make these CRUD apps by bolting together as many technologies as humanly possible. I'm sure it's probably boredom that drives people to it, but for me the frustration that results from having to work on these bloated and overcomplicated systems is worse, and I think strongly damaging to businesses. My own impression, which has only grown stronger with the passage of years, is that if you did the totally necessary CRUD stuff as simply as possible, that would open up opportunities to tech-enable businesses in much more interesting and profitable ways. But, of course, that would involve delaying gratification, and often doesn't play to the prevailing politics. Interesting software jobs do exist but, boy, do you have to hunt for them.
• diroussel 8y ago
  That is a very narrow view of what you can do with computer programming. What about embedded software in pace makers than runs inside peoples hearts. The vast simulators that can simulate each collision within the Large Hadron Collider then compare the results of the donation to the results of the experiment. What about getting you paid on time. Or allowing a person to make a contactless payment in another country. The world is awash with interesting applications of intention technology.