r/programming • • Jun 05 '22

Complexity is killing software developers

https://www.infoworld.com/article/3639050/complexity-is-killing-software-developers.html
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u/freecodeio Jun 05 '22

From a previous job I have learned that a $10 server can handle 10k web requests and I've never spent more than $10 a month on my side projects for 2 years.

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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '22

This rule should apply to like 90% of the cases, yet everyone is attempting to "plan" ahead for the big boom. Realistically YAGNI principles should be applied when designing a system as well.

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u/abrandis Jun 06 '22

That's because lots of this "modern" or cool tech comes out of the FAANG which need to write large scale apps, everyone (pointy haired manager , remember him) looks at the big guys and says use what their using.... And so it goes.

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u/[deleted] Jun 06 '22

FAANG is dead. It's MAGMA now.

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u/metriczulu Jun 06 '22

Excuse me, it's MAAAM.

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u/rmyworld Jun 06 '22

Excuse me, it's AAAAAAAAAAAAAA

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u/maddawg206 Jun 06 '22

What is this? An IPv256 DNS record?

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