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The article doesn't do a good job of explaining what they determine the actual crisis is. Complexity in and of itself isn't a problem. The problems you listed,
by asdfman123 2y ago
The article doesn't do a good job of explaining what they determine the actual crisis is. Complexity in and of itself isn't a problem. The problems you listed, however, are.
But I don't think that's the real motivation for articles like these: the real motivation is that things just seem out of hand.
But I think as an experienced programmer you have to balance that feeling of overwhelm with what needs to be done. It's taken me a while to arrive at this conclusion, but I believe it's important. Things will never be completely figured out and you have to be okay with it.
- wvenable 2y agoI think being a software developer is always being in conflict with reality. Most of our job is logic and rules. Preciseness and completeness. Reality, however, is full of people, chaos, and change and we are uncomfortable by that. I think this is why programmers have such strong opinions on languages, tools, and techniques. Over the years I've started to tune out articles that say everything is doomed or articles that propose the silver bullet to fix everything. Things are not terrible -- they are, in fact, always getting better. It's never been a better or easier time to be a software developer. But, because of that, the problems we have to solve are harder. The demands are greater. I think this appears to many like we're stuck in place because we always feel like we're behind the 8 ball. The appetite for software is insatiable.