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>I am assuming by building smaller you are able to iterate on designs quicker. Everyone in this thread is assuming this, but you get economy of scale by buildi
by Qwertious 2y ago
>I am assuming by building smaller you are able to iterate on designs quicker.
Everyone in this thread is assuming this, but you get economy of scale by building lots of the same thing, not by constantly changing things.
- DennisP 2y agoIterate on designs quickly in development. Build lots of the same thing in production. Smaller hardware helps for both phases.
- infecto 2y agoI am not so sure you can build an economy of scale with projects that take a decade to construct and even longer when accounting for approvals and paperwork. The projects are too massive and too long. The contractor that poured the foundation for the last project may no longer be around. It has worked in some areas of the world like China because they have been building from zero and are able to scale mega projects. The US has more hope to learn by iterating on smaller projects.