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Engineers are solving other problems, but engineering did not get easier
by jmacd 14y ago
Engineers are solving other problems, but engineering did not get easier
- didgeoridoo 14y agoExactly. CRUD web apps with tens of thousands of users are now trivial from a software engineering standpoint. More interesting challenges lie elsewhere.
- nbashaw 14y agoMore interesting to whom? CRUD apps are still capable of creating massive value for users by solving overlooked problems. It's a big deal that designers can now build them without the help of any professional engineers.
- steverb 14y agoMore interesting to those of us who take great delight in solving harder problems.
- nbashaw 14y agoJust because a problem is technically challenging doesn't mean it's overall a more important or harder problem than one that only requires basic CRUD functionality. Airbnb is a great counter-example.
- codygman 14y agoMore interesting to some engineers of course!
- anko 14y agoIt's like what MS Access did to databases years ago. People still need databases, it's just the low hanging fruit is covered (poorly) by Access, and then after the badly designer database has been in production for a few years and grown, some sorry DBA/dev gets to charge a crap load to fix it.
- nikster 14y agoThroughout the history of computing, the number of problems to be solved has grown faster than the number of problems solved. It's a safe bet this trend will continue as we enter the age of ubiquitous computing.