alt Hacker NewsWhat doomerism. I really don't see it.
Slop has always been cheap. Now it's even cheaper. But software that actually fucking works AND does what you want is still expensive as hell.
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nullstyle • today at 2:35 AM
Furthermore, software runs the world. Never before have we had such a chance to break the chains.
deadbabe • today at 2:45 AM
No it isn’t. If you don’t care about stuff like security or user friendliness you can do most of what you want through simple shell scripts probably.
>But software that actually fucking works AND does what you want is still expensive as hell.
Skilled craftsmen said the same thing, and yet everyone seems to prefer $1 Temu slop that breaks in a year.