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Ask HN: What's the next big thing in computing / programming?

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Re: Ask HN: What's the next big thing in computing / programming?

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Post by oumua_don17 »

jakobnissen wrote: post #81

I think people will soon realize that code is a data structure, not text. Like a hash map or an array, its text representation is merely a human-readable interface to it. I predict the capabilities of IDEs will expand, and to make their state persistent, they will begin to store IDE-specific files in your source code directory. Eventually this will morph into the source code itself being stored in binary format and o…

>> people will soon realize that code is a data structure, not text

Are you being tongue in cheek because most haven’t realised it in 63 years!!!

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisp_(programming_language)

Re: Ask HN: What's the next big thing in computing / programming?

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Post by bawolff »

I don't know, but i'm pretty sure its going to be nothing that's listed here.

Everything listed here is stuff at the high end of the hype cycle. Everyone is already looking at it. The next big thing is going to be something nobody is looking at. If people are already looking, it would have already happened.

Re: Ask HN: What's the next big thing in computing / programming?

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Post by bawolff »

samcgraw wrote: post #31
softwaredoug wrote: post #20

Unpopular opinion, but chase old things, not new ones. The big investment in your career will be ideas that stand the test of time. Relational Databases, data structures, programming paradigms, math, etc. Even in machine learning, just knowing core statistics and regression is more important than HottestNewArchitecture :TM:. Learn the ideas underneath these ideas, and you'll really grow and be able to better evaluate…

> The big investment in your career will be ideas that stand the test of time. This is spot on in my experience. As I grow in my career as a software engineer, it's funny how much more often I notice that the things that set one apart in the field is a level-headed understanding of the fundamentals and a calm resolve to take into consideration what's worked in the past, much more than one's ability to "chase the shin…

I think a big part also - new ideas often dont have info on how they fail- its all hype. However old ideas do, so if you can link them, its easier to use the new technology appropriately.

Re: Ask HN: What's the next big thing in computing / programming?

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Post by mcphage »

jakobnissen wrote: post #81

I think people will soon realize that code is a data structure, not text. Like a hash map or an array, its text representation is merely a human-readable interface to it. I predict the capabilities of IDEs will expand, and to make their state persistent, they will begin to store IDE-specific files in your source code directory. Eventually this will morph into the source code itself being stored in binary format and o…

> I think people will soon realize that code is a data structure, not text.

Always 5 years out, like nuclear fusion. :-(

Re: Ask HN: What's the next big thing in computing / programming?

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Post by r_hoods_ghost »

If Musk gets Starship to work and is successful in driving down the costs of launching material into LEO by another couple of orders of magnitude as intended then you can expect to see an explosion in the numbers of cheap and cheerful cubesats, not to mention experimental LEO factories and general weird stuff floating around in orbit. There will be a massive need for people to write control code and to process the data coming in. Unlike in the past the emphasis will be on knocking out "good enough" code, rather than something that is written to NASA standards, because the hardware being launched will be so cheap and the launch costs even cheaper. It is hard to get a grip on just how much more stuff is going to be up there by the end of the decade, all of which will require software writing for it.

Re: Ask HN: What's the next big thing in computing / programming?

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Post by AnimalMuppet »

HeyLaughingBoy wrote: post #87
axegon_ wrote: post #53

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I second this and for several major reasons: 1. Prices are down(yes, lower down your guns). I'm not talking about CPUs or GPUs but embedded products. It's absolutely mind blowing that you can get the computational power of a mid-90's computer with the size of a coin for just a few bucks. Same goes for sensors, transceivers, motors and communication modules. 2. 3D printing has come a long way, also dirt cheap and easi…

How cheap do you want PCBs to be? They're already at the point where shipping costs dominate the price. https://jlcpcb.com/

If you 3D print your own, you don't have to pay the shipping ;-)
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