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A Call for More Ambitious Software Development
Original: We should be more ambitious with the software we build
A new essay argues that the software industry has become unambitious, settling for incremental tools and safe projects instead of tackling hard problems. The author contends that the field has the resources and talent to build far more capable systems than it currently does, and that low expectations have become normalized. Developers online are debating whether the criticism is fair and what genuinely ambitious software would look like today.
Why now: The essay is resonating with developers who feel the industry has stagnated into building interchangeable, low-risk products.
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Evidence
- We should be more ambitious with the software we build · ltratt · 815
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