How might software development have unfolded if CPU speeds were 20x slower?

Re:How might software development have unfolded if CPU speed... by rescbr on Wednesday April 10, 2024 @06:24PM (#39996331)

> they can’t hire anybody who is capable of following that guidance

This is the main constraint when designing some solutions. Oftentimes I know the best path (or that something deemed impossible is completely doable), but it might be arcane knowledge and I would be the only one to know how it would work and be responsible to keep it working.

Bus factor of one strikes this right away, unless there are no alternatives.

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Re:How might software development have unfolded if CPU speed... by austin-cheney on Wednesday April 10, 2024 @10:19PM (#39997770)

Again, it’s an economics problem. More specifically what you are addressing is not an availability problem, as everyone most commonly believes, but a selection problem.

Seriously, think about this logically. The compile target of the browser is the DOM. What is it these developers are so deathly afraid of: the DOM. Yes, it is raw emotional fear processed in the amygdala, qualified with poorly formed bullshit excuses. So, what about this induces fear? It’s not the technical challenge, because it’s not that challenging and easily taught to non-developers. I know this from experience. That’s how I know it’s a selection problem.

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