Yup, saw that review. My takeaway is if one has knowledge and training level of Scott Alexander then this book has nothing new to offer. But since most folks don't so this maybe a interesting read.

While I agree with what you said. In personal experience I have noticed the software design / architecture is becoming irrelevant for lot of enterprises (including mine of course). So design nowadays is about API design Input/Output/Error handling. And architecture is about Cloud/Kubernetes/APM , deployment and monitoring etc. Code now does not need much design. Things like performance, isolation, extensibility etc as those are now higher level concerns not part of code itself.

This is also where micro services pattern fits in well because individual unit is so small no design needed.

> Code now does not need much design.

I’ll bite: why? Genuine question, not a weird gotcha.

I mean Netflix is dealing with big, important things like container scaling, creating a million micro services talking to each other and so on. Having multiple tech blogging platform on Medium is not something they have a spare moment to think about.

I mean they can add Linux developer friendly features. This way they can sell literally dozens of iPads for hardcore developers.

They sell them to hardcore Apple developers.

Developers isn't synonymous with Linux, or UNIX like for that matter.

I think you missed the implied /s in the parent post.

I guess I have seen UNIX === Developer too much around some social media places.

Big, if true.

I don't believe in it. Tomorrow they will say Software developer was just a job and they were not intellectually superior race who brought alien technology like NodeJS.

> honestly i don't see my self networking just so that i can push my code

But that's good outcome. You would rather spend time on projects where you agree with the project policies.

I mean people are nowadays are really scared of using microwave oven too. What happens if I heat my coffee 1 min too long. Could be near death experience. Thats why I always drive down to Starbucks for coffee!

True! Decline of defiance or something. Everyone is suddenly a follower. Any idea what caused it? Micro plastics in the brain? Social media?

Isn't AGI Adult Group Interaction?

Yes, I didn't think ofthat. See he is right. They did achieve AGI, just not the one he wanted

Do they have Middle Age Grandpas on MTV nowadays?

Sean Duffy was born in 1971. His oldest child is (or was) pregnant. He is literally a middle aged grandpa.

and i mentioned this being about the guys age exactly where

For reference, you responded to this post:

> Do they have Middle Age Grandpas on MTV nowadays?

with this:

> I guess you kids have no idea who the Secretary of Transportation is

It seems to me that GP knows exactly who the Secretary of Transportation is. If you've got some clever hidden alternative interpretation of your comment, please share it with us.

the secretary of transportation gained his fame and notoriety by being a star in an MTV reality show in the 1990s and that's why Trump likes him. Not because he got a law degree or used his dad's influence to become a prosecutor, there's millions of those.

Get it? Trump picks wildly unqualified idiots from TV shows, just like him.

Do kids know what MTV is?