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There's still work for artisanal woodworkers, doing everything by hand with the utmost care[0] But that doesn't change the fact that the VAST majority of peopl
by theshrike79 1y ago
There's still work for artisanal woodworkers, doing everything by hand with the utmost care[0]
But that doesn't change the fact that the VAST majority of people are just fine with mass-produced furniture
I think this is the difference that's going to happen to software.
There's the one doing everything in bare vim with zero assist, just rawdogging function names and library methods from rote memory.
And then there's the rest who use all the tools at their disposal to solve problems. Is the work super clean, efficient and fully hand-crafted? Nope. Does it solve the problem? Yes it does, and fast.
[0] https://www.youtube.com/@ISHITANIFURNITURE https://www.youtube.com/@ISHITANIFURNITURE
- adregan 1y agoThis is an interesting analogy as I have found that unless you are regularly in contact with hand made furniture, you have little feel for what is different about mass produced furniture and why anything else is desirable. There may very well be a texture to “hand crafted” software that will be totally lost on users. But I kind of doubt the difference will be anything like the difference in furniture.
- theshrike79 1y agoIMO it's the same in furniture. There will always be people who know the difference and care about the difference. And are prepared to pay the premium for handcrafted furniture. But the vast majority of people either won't care or don't know the difference - mostly because they've never experienced it. They just take it for grated that their IKEA cardboard stuff won't make it through a move and buy a new one. And then there's the one person with the almost century old desk that was handmade from hardwood and is practically indestructible and fully repairable if something cracks.