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Has the cost of building software dropped 90%?

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413 points martinald | 3 comments | 08 Dec 25 19:00 UTC | HN request time: 0.627s | source
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simonw ◴[08 Dec 25 22:37 UTC] No.46198601[source]▶
The cost of writing simple code has dropped 90%.

If you can reduce a problem to a point where it can be solved by simple code you can get the rest of the solution very quickly.

Reducing a problem to a point where it can be solved with simple code takes a lot of skill and experience and is generally still quite a time-consuming process.

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1. gcanyon ◴[08 Dec 25 22:49 UTC] No.46198740[source]▶
> The cost of writing simple code has dropped 90%.

Need to add, “…and what ‘simple’ means is getting broader by the day.”

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2. qazxcvbnmlp ◴[08 Dec 25 23:01 UTC] No.46198875[source]▶
and varies person to person

especially based on their prompting skills

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