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So the old "computer time is cheap, human time is not" is not true anymore?
by rimliu 7y ago
So the old "computer time is cheap, human time is not" is not true anymore?
- joshuamorton 7y agoStrongly typed, schema'd data interchange leads to less human time in the long run.
- EdwardDiego 7y agoYep, you just have to put the time into ensuring that convenient <Serialisation X> utilities exist that offer the (near) same functionality of curl/jq etc. It's a pain, but it's a short term pain, and necessary.
- Piskvorrr 7y agoIt is. OTOH, "these tools have been sufficient ten years ago, so I'm sticking to them forever" leads to wasting human time (by ignoring newer, potentially more efficient, tools).
- nvarsj 7y agoI think that line is mostly propaganda from defenders of poor performing language runtimes. It’s not a dichotomy - both are important. Eg AWS bills can easily eclipse engineer salaries if you use it inefficiently.
- taffer 7y ago> propaganda from defenders of poor performing language runtimes Your comment is unnecessarily inflammatory. > AWS bills can easily eclipse engineer salaries if you use it inefficiently. If this happens, it is more due to architectural and algorithms problems than to the runtime of the language. There are many large applications written in Python, Ruby and PHP that run just fine.
- nvarsj 7y agoYes, sorry, it was a bit over the top. I've been burned a few too many times by people who use that argument to justify poor tech decisions.
- TeMPOraL 7y agoIt is, but it's also true that spending a little bit human time on using the right tool for the job (and getting devs do their jobs) now might be cheaper in the long run that letting shoddy work slowly bleed your finances. Compute isn't free.
- empath75 7y agoDepends on how many computers doesn’t it? It’s pretty easy for one developer to put code on many thousands of servers.