Re:The Failed Commodification of Technical Work
by FrustratedMonky on Friday November 24, 2023 @11:47AM
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Exactly
Like, there are mass produced furniture shops. (Say, building chat bot clones, or flappy bird clones). The basic layout/shape/function, is known and being tweaked.
Then there is the custom built furniture. I need an 18th century armoire. The 'Bespoke', a custom application for some odd business need, or solving a new problem.
We do often discuss these by squishing 'Software Engineering' into a single bucket and it leads to many arguments around really different things.
Like, there are mass produced furniture shops. (Say, building chat bot clones, or flappy bird clones). The basic layout/shape/function, is known and being tweaked.
Then there is the custom built furniture. I need an 18th century armoire. The 'Bespoke', a custom application for some odd business need, or solving a new problem.
We do often discuss these by squishing 'Software Engineering' into a single bucket and it leads to many arguments around really different things.