> The current generation couldn't invent the internet. You know why, cos they would never have the patience to spec it out like the old timers did. Go read a fe

> The current generation couldn't invent the internet. You know why, cos they would never have the patience to spec it out like the old timers did. Go read a few RFCs and try to imagine a scrum team today putting as much thought into an up front design. This is a staggering bit of revisionism. As someone who was around at the time, I remember that many RFCs were written based on already-working code. They had some advantages: nobody much cared what they were doing, so they didn't have to answer to multiple levels of management, and they clearly gave almost no thought to security from bad actors, but if you think there aren't people today--including at those very cloud providers you disdain--doing work at least as well-thought-out as those early pioneers, you haven't been paying any attention at all. I'll stay off your lawn, but maybe take off those rose-colored glasses and stop pretending the past was rosy.