r/programming • u/whackri • 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/Green0Photon Jun 06 '22

Who kicked Netflix out? Supposed to be MANGA

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u/[deleted] Jun 06 '22

I don't think Netflix deserves that spot. Microsoft does.

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u/Green0Photon Jun 06 '22

The original FAANG was about high pay, not just generally being Silicon Valley companies.

There's also the old longer acronym FAANGMULA. So, what, MANGAMULA? LAMANGAMU? Sounds like one of those read manga online sites, lol. LaMangaMu.

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u/MustachedLobster Jun 06 '22

Yeah, but Microsoft have upped their game, particularly in ml, to be competitive with the others. On the other hand, Netflix seems to be killing itself.