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Simplify? It’s like saying a factory made chair building… what? It’s not simpler. It’s faster and cheaper and more consistent in quality. But way more complex.
by sunir 7mo ago
Simplify? It’s like saying a factory made chair building… what?
It’s not simpler. It’s faster and cheaper and more consistent in quality. But way more complex.
- yakattak 7mo agoAnecdotally I have not seen consistency in quality at all.
- sunir 7mo agoMy chairs resemble each other. Have you tried ikea? If you are talking about code which isn’t what I said, then we aren’t there yet.
- groundzeros2015 7mo agoIt’s a bad analogy because the benefits of industrial machines were predictable processes done efficiently.
- sunir 7mo agoThat came later than the beginning. Workhouses came before the loom. You can see this in the progression of quality of things like dinner plates over time. Making clay pottery can be simple. But to make “fine china” with increasingly sophisticated ornamentation and strength became more complex over time. Now you can go to ikea and buy plates that would be considered expensive luxuries hundreds of years ago.
- j3k3 7mo agoYeah... nah. As others have said, your analogy does not hold up to scrutiny.
- groundzeros2015 7mo agoYou’re not addressing any points I made.
- Sharlin 7mo agoCompilers made programming faster, cheaper, and more consistent in quality. They are the proper analogy of machine tools and automation in physical industries. Reusable code libraries also made programming faster, cheaper, and more consistent in quality. They are the proper analogy of prefabricated, modular components in physical industries.
- j3k3 7mo agoConsistent in quality.. what?