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Software may be getting worse, but it used to be horrible
A new essay argues that while complaints about declining software quality are widespread, software of past decades was far more unreliable and frustrating to use. The piece looks back at earlier eras of computing to challenge nostalgia-driven claims that everything used to work better, drawing discussion among developers and technologists weighing whether quality has truly degraded.
Why now: Ongoing debate among developers and users about whether software quality is declining sparked renewed interest.
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- Software may be getting worse, but it used to be horrible · jakevoytko · 346
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