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HeyLaughingBoy
437 days ago
The overwhelming majority of software engineers are building garden-variety CRUD apps.
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michaelt
437 days ago
Engineering might be a commodity if you're "building garden-variety CRUD apps"
But a lot of companies aren't - or at least, they don't
think
they are.
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PeterStuer
437 days ago
Which is like saying most software is reading, modifying and writing memory. Technically true, but not at the level it tells the story.
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supportengineer
437 days ago
If that was really true, the world would need only ONE generic CRUD app. It just needs to operate at scale.
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But a lot of companies aren't - or at least, they don't think they are.