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Has the cost of building software dropped 90%?

(martinalderson.com)
413 points martinald | 1 comments | 08 Dec 25 19:00 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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more_corn ◴[08 Dec 25 19:56 UTC] No.46196810[source]▶
Ask someone who builds software for a fee. Are you able to do 90% more? Fire 9/10 engineers? Produce 90% faster?

No, no, and no.

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1. recursive ◴[08 Dec 25 19:59 UTC] No.46196842[source]▶
It's even worse. If the cost drops by 90%, the corresponding productivity increase should be 900%, not 90%.