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I think the biggest programming productivity boosts since 1984 haven't been about programming languages, but about tools. Specifically, distributed version con

I think the biggest programming productivity boosts since 1984 haven't been about programming languages, but about tools. Specifically, distributed version control and dependency management tools. Being able to collaborate with developers anywhere in the world, and being able to pull in any library with a single declarative line in a configuration file, increases productivity more than any improvement to a programming language ever could.

ComodoHacker 5y ago
>Specifically, distributed version control and dependency management tools. Indeed, without these tools dependency hell wouldn't be possible! /s
- kenjackson 5y ago
  Oh, we still had it!
  - hnfong 5y ago
    Evidence - This started happening in the 1990s (latest) before tools like git and npm was a thing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DLL_Hell https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DLL_Hell
chasd00 5y ago
I agree, could you imagine doing something like Java Spring without maven or the equivalent? It wouldn't be possible.