>Cloud was a mistake; it’s inculcated people with the idea that chasing efficiency and optimization doesn’t matter, because you can always scale up or out.
Similarly Docker is an amazing technology, yet it enabled the dependency tower of babels that we have today. It enabled developers that don't care about cleaning up their depencies.
Kubernetes is amazing technology, yet it enabled the developers that don't care to ship applications that constantly crash, but who cares, kubernetes will automatically restart everything.
Cloud and now AI are similar enabler technologies. They could be used for good, but there are too many people that just don't care.
The fine art of industry is building more and more elaborate complicated systems atop things someone deeply cares about to be used by those who don't have to deeply care.
How many developers do we imagine even know the difference between SIMD and SISD operators, much less whether their software stack knows how to take advantage of SIMD? How many developers do we imagine even know how RAM chips store bits or how a semiconductor works?
We're just watching the bar of "Don't need to care because a reliable system exists" move through something we know and care about in our lifetimes. Progress is great to watch in action.
> How many developers do we imagine even know the difference between SIMD and SISD operators, much less whether their software stack knows how to take advantage of SIMD? How many developers do we imagine even know how RAM chips store bits or how a semiconductor works?
hopefully some of those that did a computer science degree?
Similarly Docker is an amazing technology, yet it enabled the dependency tower of babels that we have today. It enabled developers that don't care about cleaning up their depencies.
Kubernetes is amazing technology, yet it enabled the developers that don't care to ship applications that constantly crash, but who cares, kubernetes will automatically restart everything.
Cloud and now AI are similar enabler technologies. They could be used for good, but there are too many people that just don't care.