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At a time where there's more software engineers, better communication and faster development than ever before... Why does it feel like less innovation is occurr

• hyperpallium 8y ago
  One issue is it takes time for an innovation to become widely adopted; a criterium for this list (e.g. git is young, but the idea of distributed version control is old).
• bunderbunder 8y ago
  Two thoughts: First, the low-hanging fruit has already been picked. Second, it can take time - possibly decades - for an idea to bear enough fruit that we can see its importance. Look how long the idea of hypertext had been around before it became a household name.
  • megy 8y ago
    Also, those innovations are worth a lot of money these days, so might be kept secret.
• mkirklions 8y ago
  >Why does it feel like less innovation is occurring? Specialization + Copypasting what works. You wouldnt notice if a fortune 500 company saved a million dollars with a software innovation. But it affects their prices and future. re-copypaste- When a problem is solved, you would not re-invent the wheel. With digital products, its easy to copy and paste. With physical products, you still need to produce. And I find that recently tech is in the form of application. Giving non-tech people the ability to do database + front end work. Or using the tech to solve a niche problem.
• TeMPOraL 8y ago
  Surprised no one mentions the thing this very article identified as a big contributing factor - software patents.