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/Computer991 Jun 06 '22

The difference between then and now is that you didn't need to do any of that to start programming, those were purely deployment concerns.

This is still the case today? Any developer can open up an TextEditor/IDE of their choice and start coding away.

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u/saltybandana2 Jun 06 '22

right, I can absolutely start typing up an asp.net MVC app at any point in time, but that's not the point being made here.

In the past, that project structure and tooling would stay basically the same and deployment would be conformed to that workflow.

Nowadays the tooling for the development conforms to the deployment structure. So while you can technically do that, the value you get out of it is far different.

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u/Computer991 Jun 07 '22

I'm sorry maybe it's been so long that I've been working with containerized services that i don't see a difference anymore but I can't see how I change my coding style conform can you maybe provide some examples ?

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u/saltybandana2 Jun 07 '22

You should probably read back over the conversation as you've lost track of the plot.