The Rise of Worse Is Better (1991)
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The Rise of Worse Is Better (1991)
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Re: The Rise of Worse Is Better (1991)
#2looking at how it played out with javascript one can't but agree.
(edit: I mean it unironically)
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#3And then we wonder why everything gets worse and worse.
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#4And then we wonder why everything gets worse and worse.
what is getting worse and how?
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#51991 tag. An all time classic.
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#6This... Honestly the first lines seemed I thought this was an arrogant take, but he made _really_ good point and now I tend to agree with him.
Still I am a bit bothered, does a counterargument exist?
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#7> The good news is that in 1995 we will have a good operating system and programming language; the bad news is that they will be Unix and C++.
And 30 years later they show few signs of letting go.
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#8I've read this a few times over the years and I think the argument is sound. But I wonder if it is sound in the same way this statement is:
"It is better to go picking blueberries before they are fully ripe, that way you won't have much competition."
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#9This... Honestly the first lines seemed I thought this was an arrogant take, but he made _really_ good point and now I tend to agree with him. Still I am a bit bothered, does a counterargument exist?
Empirically, it seems Worse is Better appear to have been correct many many times.
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#10looking at how it played out with javascript one can't but agree. (edit: I mean it unironically)
Yup first thing I thought. That pathetic piece of crap conceived in basically 15 days (not kidding)... BUT it is what we have on the front-end for web apps so there's that. JavaScript is the mediocre turd I love to hate.