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Re:The Nintendo Switch uses my open source code by tanepiper on Monday November 23, 2020 @11:42AM (#25188600)
Back then no one was running mission critical enterprise software from typings in magazines.

Now entire stacks of the internet rely on libraries developed by one or two people who are bus factors, and humans prone to burnout.

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Re:The Nintendo Switch uses my open source code by reaperducer on Monday November 23, 2020 @12:10PM (#25188951)
Back then no one was running mission critical enterprise software from typings in magazines.

Depends on the mission. Plenty of businesses relied on type-in programs for their day-to-day survival.

Today the term "mission critical" is a victim of scope creep and people trying to inflate their positions.

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