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almostherelast Sunday at 7:02 PM2 repliesview on HN

Our combined careers of moving bits around where we have amassed trillions in developer pay for code that doesn't do anything previously built software could... or worse has made the world a horrible place... Is the bigger story.


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djmipslast Monday at 12:48 PM

'code that doesn't do anything previously built software could' I have a hard time understanding what you mean here? Is it just hyperbole but surely the 'code' must do something that previously built software could do. Or do you mean to say it's rarely any better than what it replaced?

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