Re:Learning to program is getting harder
by yjftsjthsd-h on Friday February 16, 2018 @08:16PM
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> In many ways, it feels like worlds are diverging.
We are specializing.
Enterprise shops have always wanted stability, and so they develop ever more elaborate build processes to control exactly what versions go into production. Embedded systems have always wanted to run only what needed to run, and so we have developed ever-improving systems to pick out only exactly what needed to be run. Developers, in the meantime, have always wanted the newest and shiniest, and so have gotten 10,000 ways to install newer and shinier toys.
We are specializing.
Enterprise shops have always wanted stability, and so they develop ever more elaborate build processes to control exactly what versions go into production. Embedded systems have always wanted to run only what needed to run, and so we have developed ever-improving systems to pick out only exactly what needed to be run. Developers, in the meantime, have always wanted the newest and shiniest, and so have gotten 10,000 ways to install newer and shinier toys.
Edit: typo