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Bryan Cantrill@bcantrill.bsky.social

Number of days since a new debugger was demo'd at @oxide.computer: Zero. Number of days since a new programming language was demo'd at @oxide.computer: Also zero

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In the beginning the debuggers were spaced by 24 weeks. Then twelve, then six, then every two weeks. The last one was a week. In four days, we could be seeing a debugger every eight hours until they are coming every four minutes. We should witness a double event within seven days.

Politics and poetry, promises, these are lies. Debuggers are as close as we get to the handwriting of God.

I made the non-joke version of the chart yesterday

conputer dipshit@davidcrespo.bsky.social

where experts can and do get it wrong is overengineering. I think of this as a kind of metawork. even if you manage to build something that works, it might take you so long that you start reaping the benefits too late (nice chart from chatgpt)