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Every successful platform is a swamp. Human lives are short, so we do things hastily; communication and coordination is hard; zero sum views of competition are
by reubenmorais 3y ago
Every successful platform is a swamp. Human lives are short, so we do things hastily; communication and coordination is hard; zero sum views of competition are widespread; we don't know how to do sustainable fast iteration of ecosystems (or even slow iteration); the swampiness helps concentrate wealth, which is even more highly rewarded.
Cities are a swamp. The Web is a swamp. Linux is a swamp. Capitalism is a swamp. Democracy is a swamp.
- the_panopticon 3y agowell said. Reminds me of a comment I received from a manager years ago: "This component is great, I haven't heard of any bugs." My retort was: "It's because no one is using it." Fast forward 10 years. Many bugs, CVE's, complaints of back-compatibility, challenges in porting/maintenance. Show me a technology w/o complains or bugs or technical debut & I suspect you'll find a similarly rarely or not used one. Swampiness is an emergent property of 'success at scale' in usage in a sense.