[naikrovek]

Well if you have to pick a line, a point in time where the industry crossed a threshold, I'd say the author picked a good one.

There were people who didn't care about software quality in 1960 and there will be people who do in 2060, so no matter what year he chose, a lot of people would dismiss any chosen year as hyperbole.

As time moves forward, and more "healthy" ecosystems grow up around languages (like unwanted mold or fungus always does) software is going to get slower and slower and slower. And saying that it's a problem will always be an "old man is shouting nonsense again" moment to most young developers.