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The author appears to raise valid points. There are explanations that they did not visit, which is okay by me. It does read like a manifesto but gets the conver

The author appears to raise valid points. There are explanations that they did not visit, which is okay by me. It does read like a manifesto but gets the conversation started. > The software industry is arguably one of the most productive spaces that the world has ever seen. I would argue based on personal experience that majority of software that comes out of the industry is unmaintainable garbage. The reason it is acceptable in most cases is that the barrier to entry is low and there are few consequences of things going wrong. Quality goes up significantly when consequences become real. At any rate, I would not call the software industry "productive".

phailhaus 3y ago
> The reason it is acceptable in most cases is that the barrier to entry is low and there are few consequences of things going wrong Then it is acceptable. You're making a moral value judgement because it's not up to your personal standards, but that's not relevant for whether or not the software accomplishes what it set out to do. > At any rate, I would not call the software industry "productive". This is indefensible, given that basically the entire world runs on software these days. Again, I think you're making some sort of subjective value judgement about the perceived "quality" of the software, while ignoring what it has enabled.