← Back to context Comment by HeyLaughingBoy 13 days ago The overwhelming majority of software engineers are building garden-variety CRUD apps. 3 comments HeyLaughingBoy Reply michaelt 13 days ago Engineering might be a commodity if you're "building garden-variety CRUD apps"But a lot of companies aren't - or at least, they don't think they are. PeterStuer 12 days ago Which is like saying most software is reading, modifying and writing memory. Technically true, but not at the level it tells the story. supportengineer 12 days ago If that was really true, the world would need only ONE generic CRUD app. It just needs to operate at scale.
michaelt 13 days ago Engineering might be a commodity if you're "building garden-variety CRUD apps"But a lot of companies aren't - or at least, they don't think they are.
PeterStuer 12 days ago Which is like saying most software is reading, modifying and writing memory. Technically true, but not at the level it tells the story.
supportengineer 12 days ago If that was really true, the world would need only ONE generic CRUD app. It just needs to operate at scale.
Engineering might be a commodity if you're "building garden-variety CRUD apps"
But a lot of companies aren't - or at least, they don't think they are.
Which is like saying most software is reading, modifying and writing memory. Technically true, but not at the level it tells the story.
If that was really true, the world would need only ONE generic CRUD app. It just needs to operate at scale.