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Software is in Decline - Jonathan Blow

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What it is

A ten-minute clip from Jonathan Blow's talk on preventing the collapse of civilization, arguing that software quality and the knowledge to build it are in decline.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Pulled out in threads about declining software quality, though some commenters distrust Blow's claims about game and web development.

  • 1 people recommended it
  • 1 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2023, last 2026

What HN commenters said

  1. “Reminds me of Jonathan Blow's talk”

    Jonathan Blow's talk on why software keeps getting worse

    OnionBlender, 2023-01 · Recommendation · in “Is Software Getting Worse?”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: jonathan blow, software decline, game development, knowledge loss

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