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I concur! Additionally to the article I believe the overall problem with software development is that it cannot be done by everyone. Developing great software requires the mentality of a passionate artist and a lifetime dedication. Unfortunately most companies I've worked with (with very few exceptions) are only after immediate profit and thus creating toy programs mainly by means of integration of ready-made third party libraries. The example they set for new developers is catastrophic. Fewer and fewer people dwelve into the depths of knowledge. Shallow integration, adoption of over-hyped immature components and the new trend of containerization is a two-fold failure: a) Failure of educating minds to think and b) low quality end products for the users with all the consequences this brings (aka performance, security, UX, etc). It really feels as if software development has entered a dark era where instead of educating people we create mechanics that take 'experinments' to market asap and disguising them to look like they operate error-free. Of course such tactics cannot keep problems hidden forever. If only I could share with you the stories of large heap fragmentation I've heard over the years on production server code...