bert hubert 🇺🇦🇪🇺 on Nostr: In 1995 computing pioneer Niklaus Wirth wrote "A Plea for Lean Software". In 2024 it ...
In 1995 computing pioneer Niklaus Wirth wrote "A Plea for Lean Software". In 2024 it is entirely normal for simple software to be shipped as a 350MB package, or for it to have 1600 dependencies. In appreciation of Wirth's legacy, I wrote a 2024-era Plea for Lean Software, updated for today's computing horrors:
https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/a-2024-plea-for-lean-software/Published at
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