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> Do startups produce shining examples of high-quality code? Presumably this is about the quality of the end software, not the code that feeds it. some classes
by DinaCoder99 3y ago
> Do startups produce shining examples of high-quality code?
Presumably this is about the quality of the end software, not the code that feeds it. some classes of startups are certainly known for attempting to improve quality apparent to the end-user over market leaders. Some even succeed.
For the most part this isn't hard compared to "big tech"—just strip out the enterprise-oriented crap and ads. The hard part of making a business writing software is profiting off it without destroying it.
- larsrc 3y agoThe list in the article lists more code quality issues than user visible issues. And frankly, bugs and UI flakiness are everywhere.
- asadotzler 3y agoeverywhere your budgeting allows them to be. there are high quality products out there, not really from your company, but they're there where people care to invest in software instead of selling ads at a better margin.
- DinaCoder99 3y ago> And frankly, bugs and UI flakiness are everywhere. Of course, but the most flagrant offenders in this regard are not startups. Insurance, banking, enterprise SaaS, and credit bureaus dominate the field of objectively terrible, buggy, and difficult-to-use software. "Big Tech" (at least referring to the largest american companies) are far from the worst offenders in this regard, which makes me somewhat confused as to what the article has an issue with. Hell from my perspective half the big tech companies are putting out higher quality software than ever!