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Opinion
Building successful software is getting harder despite AI and modern tools
“No, I think it's getting harder, actually. Well, number one is because there's so many, when, back in the Barlow days, this is pre-web, this is software that you print on a disk and ship to humans, so you've got, you know, you're shipping it once a year, so th…”
Michael Lopp Jan 25, 2024 ▶ 7:52 The human side of world-class engineering leadership | Michael Lopp (Apple, Palantir, Slack)
Opinion
Lopp: Borland vastly influenced Microsoft's programming language strategy
“It was all of the languages led the charge on the languages. I would argue vastly influenced Microsoft programming language strategy.”
Michael Lopp Jan 25, 2024 ▶ 3:25 The human side of world-class engineering leadership | Michael Lopp (Apple, Palantir, Slack)
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