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by ghshephard 1849 days ago
The intro is about how some things change slowly. His transition paragraph is how things don't seem to get better. He then does his real topic launch by then identifying something that did change quickly, and did get better.

I've been reading Spolsky essays for 20 years, he really is incredibly talented. So much so that even today, you can reference some of his early essays on "commoditizing your complement" in the tech industry - and there is a better than average chance that the person you are speaking to will be familiar with Joel's essay on this topic.