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> Do people use modern languages, libraries, and techniques to build a small piece of software that does one thing well? This is the Unix philosophy, but when I
by rumcajz 12y ago
> Do people use modern languages, libraries, and techniques to build a small piece of software that does one thing well? This is the Unix philosophy, but when I try to think of examples, not much comes to mind.
Exaclty! Why? Is it hubris or what that building single-purpose components is such an anathema nowadays?
- fleitz 12y agoIt's the environment, code completion leads to more code. Big frameworks lead to big apps. Also, if you string together exactly what is needed in a few hours with bash, pipes, and unix command line tools you'll be called a hack, cowboy coder, and everyone will be asking where the DI framework fits into whatever would have taken them 2-4 weeks to produce.