#software-complexity on Hacker News

2 stories tagged software-complexity, newest first.

Screenshot of antirez.com: We are destroying software

We are destroying software (antirez.com)

842 points by antirez 1 year ago | 553 comments

Blog post by antirez arguing that software is being degraded by complexity, bloated dependency chains, complex build systems, broken backward compatibility, and needless rewrites.

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Screenshot of unixsheikh.com: We have used too many levels of abstractions

We have used too many levels of abstractions (unixsheikh.com)

674 points by riidom 3 years ago | 427 comments

An opinion essay on unixsheikh.com arguing that the software industry relies on too many layers of abstraction, leaving few people who understand how the underlying technology works.

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#software-complexity on Hacker News

We are destroying software(antirez.com)

We have used too many levels of abstractions(unixsheikh.com)

We are destroying software (antirez.com)

We have used too many levels of abstractions (unixsheikh.com)