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by 0wis 1703 days ago
I’m not entirely sure I would want software to be « engineered » like old farmhouses. They were not modular by design but often hacked to be tailored to the usage. It is not that different from hackable software. You can change part of it but everything is not possible. And it creates stability and reliability issues. I prefer engineered software like the superdome. You know what it is for, you can optimise it for its usage. And what is great with software is that when you don’t need it anymore, it doesn’t bother anyone. Unlike olympic games installations for example…