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> IMO the same tension exists in Python. The hobbyist-hackers are using the language to write small-ish scripts, and the enterprise-scale developers are working
by iso1631 6y ago
> IMO the same tension exists in Python. The hobbyist-hackers are using the language to write small-ish scripts, and the enterprise-scale developers are working on million-line codebases.
It's an endless cycle in all aspects of IT, the conflict between small tech and enterprise tech
Large tools from bureaucratic enterprises are useless (that's a given)
Shadow IT built around hacker tools gets the business goals through
Enterprise IT see that these tools are popular and actually meet business goals, but they didn't invent them
Enterprise IT attempts to justify itself and find something approximating the usability of the good tools from some "safe" vendor like Oracle, Microsoft, etc. After all nobody got fired for buying IBM.
Enterprise IT spends a fortune, everyone hates it, but old tools are defunded so can't be used.
Shadow IT build new ecosystem around different hacker tools to get the business goals through
And the cycle continues.
- majewsky 6y ago> Large tools from bureaucratic enterprises are useless (that's a given) There are plenty useful tools that are large and built by bureaucratic enterprises. Stuff like ERP systems just has so many features to cover and tax laws to implement that it most likely can genuinely not be built by a small team. (Disclosure: I work for such an enterprise, though I'm not involved in the development of software sold to customers.)