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by mattbrewsbytes 3168 days ago
The thing about cars, or any real-world comparison, is that software is always changeable. Its hard to change manufacturing lines over a new design for cars, thats why they have designs out there for years at a time.

I think the vast majority of our time isn't wiring a UI to CRUD actions, its dealing with the complexities of whatever business domain the CRUD app is intended.
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shubb 3168 days ago
It's also worth pointing out that the design cost of a new model of car (which is equivalent to a new VERSION of an existing software product) is at least 1 billion dollars.

If a really good big crud app costs 100k on upwork is more similar to remodelling an office. In many ways.

http://bramaindustries.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/office...

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staticelf 3168 days ago
Software is changeable but I think it's hard to change stuff for large applications as well. Just think of the massive work that goes into redesigning an enterprise application that users have been using for years.

It's not that easy..

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