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A 2024 Plea for Lean Software (with running code) - Bert Hubert's writings

This post is dedicated to the memory of Niklaus Wirth, a computing pioneer who passed away January 1st. In 1995 he wrote an influential article called “A Plea for Lean Software”, and in what follows, I try to make the same case nearly 30 years later, updated for today’s computing horrors.
The really short version: the way we build/ship software these days is mostly ridiculous, leading to 350MB packages that draw graphs, and simple products importing 1600 dependencies of unknown provenance.

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What is Wirth's Law? — Definition by Techslang

Wirth’s Law is a well-known saying in computer programming that states, “Software is getting slower more rapidly than hardware becomes faster.”

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RIP: Software design pioneer Niklaus Wirth

RIP: Software design pioneer Niklaus Wirth
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New software sells new hardware – but not forever

New software sells new hardware – but not forever
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