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Yes, software is fundamentally different compared to building physical stuff. It's like having the ability to arrange individual atoms into any shape, and repli
by rep_lodsb 4y ago
Yes, software is fundamentally different compared to building physical stuff. It's like having the ability to arrange individual atoms into any shape, and replicate that structure in whatever quantity desired.
And then completely filling the landscape with bridges constructed out of Lego bricks. They say it's good enough, sure we could theoretically do something better, but nobody has the time for that. And anyway, if bridges lasted forever or we needed less of them, there would no longer be such a demand for engineers!
- p-e-w 4y agoIt's fascinating and revolting at the same time how the essence of your comment is once again the "everything sucks" garbage. There are billions of lines of top-quality code in existence, and millions of lines that should be counted among humanity's great works of art, but no, it's all "Lego bricks". Most artists don't produce anything remotely like Michelangelo or Picasso, yet Michelangelo and Picasso are what people think of when they hear the word "art". No one says "art is so terrible, just stick figure drawings everywhere". The perception of software engineering reflected in your comment is not grounded in reality but in culture. An ultimately destructive culture of negativity and self-deprecation. And I'm so fucking tired of it that I wish I had chosen a different profession.