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Very thoughtful article. There is so much accidental complexity in software.

• LifeIsBio 7y ago
  It's kind of ironic. While I've been thinking about the complexity of software/webdev for a while, I was feeling a little unsure about posting this particular link because I wrote it in a hasty, semi-embittered fit of annoyance. Regardless, thanks for the read. :)
  • tejtm 7y ago
    hopefully this observation won't be taken too harshly... I have also worked in programming for the sciences my entire career, multiple decades, would not want to do anything else. There is an awful lot of actual complexity out there especially in the life sciences which is inherently messy ... a system of exceptions ... Sometimes looking at the stuff that has to happen now, just to give information away for free it is staggering. The only conclusion I come to is complexity envy, Because I can't believe all this inevitablely became necessary. Yes there are bad actors and good security is very hard, and much more so if you are transacting money, but in other cases you can't really steal what is being given away but now there is the expectation that all this extra stuff is par for the course it you are putting on the web.