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Paul Graham had a tweet relevant to this recently: https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1122803944206544897 https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1122803944206544897 -
by prawn 8y ago
Paul Graham had a tweet relevant to this recently:
https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1122803944206544897 https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1122803944206544897
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The two axioms that explain your experience with devices that contain software (except Teslas):
I. It takes extraordinary effort to make software that's not horribly difficult to use.
II. Companies whose main focus isn't software don't expend extraordinary effort on it.
Arguably the reason Tesla is an exception is that it is actually a software company.
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- ahartmetz 8y agoMeasured in money and man-hours, car companies actually spend mind-boggling amounts on software. They largely just haven't figured out yet how to do it right. They also think that they are special as in better when they are much, much worse at software than other industries.