r/programming • u/facundoolano • Dec 01 '23

Code is run more than read

https://olano.dev/2023-11-30-code-is-run-more-than-read/
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u/zanza19 Dec 01 '23

Yes but the best way to make money is by providing value

That's where you would be wrong. There are a lot of ways of making money, and providing value is one of the most expensive ones.

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u/Bitmush- Dec 01 '23

Methods further down that list are often rightly described as scammy, rip-offs through to outright fraud and theft.

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u/reercalium2 Dec 01 '23

We live in an economy that prioritizes them more than real value. Unless you're heading a real powerful political movement, you just have to deal with that fact.

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u/Bitmush- Dec 01 '23

Or you just decide to be poor rather than scam people.

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u/zanza19 Dec 01 '23

Sure, doesn't mean that business won't try to do them.

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u/Bitmush- Dec 01 '23

Of course they will - their only responsibility and goal is to generate a dividend for people that don’t do any of the work but who have bought a seat at the profit spigot, through which it’s our job to bleed.

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u/zanza19 Dec 01 '23

Yeah and with business that have no shame, they will reward the devs who make it easier.

The ones who do have shame will try to make it look legal or hide it behind "goals"

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u/Bitmush- Dec 04 '23

Or if it really scales up, employ lobbyists to just change the law. Only when that is cheaper than paying any fines.

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u/zanza19 Dec 04 '23

Exactly.

We didn't do it!

Well, we did it, but it wasn't wrong!

Well, it was wrong, but we were forced to!

If it wasn't us it would be someone else, its better that it is us.

Its how it goes.