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You must live in a different universe from me. In my universe we have been successfully addressing those problems for over 60 years. Also, our tools aren't simp
by peterwwillis 8y ago
You must live in a different universe from me. In my universe we have been successfully addressing those problems for over 60 years. Also, our tools aren't simple, or predictable, or consistent, which is why our universe created this software called "Docker". It helps, but there's no UI for anything (unless you pay a lot of money) so it's still a pain.
- lmm 8y ago> In my universe we have been successfully addressing those problems for over 60 years. In my universe people have been pushing "visual programming environments" for something close to 60 years, and they're still awful and haven't caught on. Over the last 10-20 years programs have taken a step away from "wizard" style interactions like you describe, as it turns out that a simple, automatable config format is more useful than a step-by-step interaction. API design has started to realise the importance of understandability over magic, e.g. the new generation of 3D graphics APIs are much less "do what I mean" than the previous generation.