"Our silicon age, which sees no glory in maintenance, but only in transformation and disruption" Startups see no glory in maintenance, of course, but that's al

"Our silicon age, which sees no glory in maintenance, but only in transformation and disruption" Startups see no glory in maintenance, of course, but that's almost the definition of a startup: they have to do something new, big, and fast. I wouldn't ascribe that to the entire "silicon age" though. For instance, look at open source communities. A lot of people are doing a lot of great work, some more revolutionary, but a lot of it quite incremental. Even fairly revolutionary ideas are often more concerned with engineering concerns like safety and robustness -- look at PostgreSQL, and the Rust language.