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Why We Can't Have Nice Software

https://andrewkelley.me/post/why-we-cant-have-nice-software.html

From Andrew R. Kelley, he's the author of the Zig language

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[-] bouh@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

None of those are major breakthrough. They're more computing power. It's still the same technology.

Today llm are the prime candidate for a breakthrough. They still have to prove themselves though, to prove that they're not just a fancy expensive useless toy like the blockchain.

Risc-v is not meant to be a breakthrough. It's an evolution.

Internet was a breakthrough. The invention of the mouse was a breakthrough.

Increase in power or in disk space, new languages or os, none of those are breakthroughs. None of those changed how computer programs were made or used.

The smartphone is a significant thing. Wi-Fi is not really important though, because you don't do anything more with WiFi than you can do with ethernet. The smartphone though and its network, that is a big thing.

[-] jeffhykin@lemm.ee 3 points 9 months ago

Sure not a breakthrough, but they are "real" progress not fake progress (which is what I was responding to in your earlier comment)

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