On: Gitlab 10.7 Released

[netcraft]

> The whole reason for tech to exist is to improve things around the world

Thats a pretty bold claim. Do you think this is true of all "tech" or just software? Do you think it similarly wasteful when a car manufacturer spends resources building yet-another-car?

> ... yet brilliant minds are still spending years building one IDE after another.

Who do you think _should_ get to decide what brilliant minds should spend their time doing?

[songzme → netcraft]

> Do you think this is true of all "tech" or just software?

We should always be improving humanity and ending suffering through tech, software, law, and everything else.

> Do you think it similarly wasteful when a car manufacturer spends resources building yet-another-car?

YES.

> Who do you think _should_ get to decide what brilliant minds should spend their time doing?

Nobody. Everyone is entitled to doing what makes them happy.

[chiefalchemist → netcraft]

Um. A car is not software. How do I do a pull request for a new clutch.

I hear ya. But your analogy is buggy.

[netcraft → chiefalchemist]

They said tech. My question was if they would apply the same logic to physical engineers, they they should be spending their time differently.