A Generation Lost in the Bazaar (2012)
Things seem to be getting even worse, and as I hate to iterate on all the points often repeated on HN (the loss of older industry best practices, CV-driven development, bloated FAANG departments, the issues of funding OSS, etc.), I just want to notice one thing: Most developers and architects seem to have lower and lower confidence in what is technically achievable without some complex dependency web, and that becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy.<p>As believing something is possible is a pre-requisite to actually approaching it, I expect things to continue getting worse.