Food for thought: suppose better libraries/tools over the next 5 years doubled software productivity. A six month project today would take three months in 2024.
Would we even notice? How often do we compare like-for-like projects for improvements in development speed?
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One interesting side effect of software productivity increasing: libraries can become more idiosyncratic.
It's easier than ever to release important libraries as an individual. Single-maintainer projects inevitably have more personality -- for both good and bad!
Wonderful article comparing error wording and display across many different programming languages:
Knowledge work, Getting Things Done, and productivity at an organisational level:
