“We have played us for absolute fools.”
— my “Stop Doing Math” re-framing “Silver Bullet Syndrome” https://www.droidcon.com/2022/11/18/keynote-the-silver-bullet-syndrome-directors-cut-complexity-strikes-back/

Hadi Hariri takes us through every programming fad since around 1996 and its cost, which the next fad almost solved—at more cost. Lather, rinse, repeat.

Hadi kept reminding me of @neauoire’ wonderful “Weathering Software Winter” talk, in which they describe their pursuit of the reverse process. https://100r.co/site/weathering_software_winter.html

Via @oppen, whose takes are literally sublime.