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		chasing 2 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Has the cost of building software dropped 90%? Alternate take: The cost of building software will remain the same but software will need to be 10x as feature-rich to remain competitive. If you can build it in a weekend so can I. So you're going to have to figure out bigger things to build.

seanmcdirmid 2 days ago [–]

We might actually get all the software we actually need. We won’t have to listen to antiquated DMV/IRS/health systems not being updated because the projects designed to replace them failed.

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