There are always few things in every field which never changed.
What are the top things according to you which not going to change or didn't change in the field of software development?
Ask HN: What is not going to change in future?
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Re: Ask HN: What is not going to change in future?
#2The fact that free software will not join the enshittification trend (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36611245). So try to stick to it for the long-term stability.
Re: Ask HN: What is not going to change in future?
#3I like the article, “Betting on Things That Never Change” by Morgan Housel. Check it out at https://collabfund.com/blog/betting-on-things-that-never-cha...
Re: Ask HN: What is not going to change in future?
#4Human nature, and the rate of learning.
Re: Ask HN: What is not going to change in future?
#5Gathering requirement & making sure you are building the right thing will always be a tough & important task for SW Engineers, no matter how good language models get.
Re: Ask HN: What is not going to change in future?
#6Don't you mean what is not going to change? I think you're missing a verb.
1. LaTeX. I can still compile my docments that I wrote 20 years ago...
2. The thirst for profit/quick releases over reliability (except for a few examples like LaTeX)
3. The existence of open source software as the one antitode to all software being horrible
4. The obsession with creating new things for the sake of creating, instead of for the good of anything
Re: Ask HN: What is not going to change in future?
#7Gathering requirement & making sure you are building the right thing will always be a tough & important task for SW Engineers, no matter how good language models get.
Even if an AI was developed to the point that it could do a full requirements analysis, executive/managers/high status people will still want someone else to do it. You're not going to get a CEO to sit down with such a system and determine requirements.
Re: Ask HN: What is not going to change in future?
#8I like the article, “Betting on Things That Never Change” by Morgan Housel. Check it out at https://collabfund.com/blog/betting-on-things-that-never-cha...
He just released a book last year called Same As Ever that seems like a book adaptation of this post. It was pretty good if you like this kind of post.
Re: Ask HN: What is not going to change in future?
#9People being a pain in the behind.
Re: Ask HN: What is not going to change in future?
#10Greed - you could be working on the most altruistic endeavor ever that everyone wants and all it takes is one founder or investor that sees a way to cash out to bring it all tumbling down