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  "articleBody": "[antirez](https://antirez.com/user/antirez) 588 days ago. 369278 views.\n\n```\nWe are destroying software by no longer taking complexity into account when adding features or optimizing some dimension.\n\nWe are destroying software with complex build systems.\n\nWe are destroying software with an absurd chain of dependencies, making everything bloated and fragile.\n\nWe are destroying software telling new programmers: “Don’t reinvent the wheel!”. But, reinventing the wheel is how you learn how things work, and is the first step to make new, different wheels.\n\nWe are destroying software by no longer caring about backward APIs compatibility.\n\nWe are destroying software pushing for rewrites of things that work.\n\nWe are destroying software by jumping on every new language, paradigm, and framework.\n\nWe are destroying software by always underestimating how hard it is to work with existing complex libraries VS creating our stuff.\n\nWe are destroying software by always thinking that the de-facto standard for XYZ is better than what we can do, tailored specifically for our use case.\n\nWe are destroying software claiming that code comments are useless.\n\nWe are destroying software mistaking it for a purely engineering discipline.\n\nWe are destroying software by making systems that no longer scale down: simple things should be simple to accomplish, in any system.\n\nWe are destroying software trying to produce code as fast as possible, not as well designed as possible.\n\nWe are destroying software, and what will be left will no longer give us the joy of hacking.\n```\n\n[blog comments powered by Disqus](https://disqus.com)\n",
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  "content_html": "<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https://antirez.com/user/antirez\">antirez</a> 588 days ago. 369278 views.</p>\n<pre><code><span class=\"code-snippet\">We are destroying software by no longer taking complexity into account when adding features or optimizing some dimension.\n\nWe are destroying software with complex build systems.\n\nWe are destroying software with an absurd chain of dependencies, making everything bloated and fragile.\n\nWe are destroying software telling new programmers: “Don’t reinvent the wheel!”. But, reinventing the wheel is how you learn how things work, and is the first step to make new, different wheels.\n\nWe are destroying software by no longer caring about backward APIs compatibility.\n\nWe are destroying software pushing for rewrites of things that work.\n\nWe are destroying software by jumping on every new language, paradigm, and framework.\n\nWe are destroying software by always underestimating how hard it is to work with existing complex libraries VS creating our stuff.\n\nWe are destroying software by always thinking that the de-facto standard for XYZ is better than what we can do, tailored specifically for our use case.\n\nWe are destroying software claiming that code comments are useless.\n\nWe are destroying software mistaking it for a purely engineering discipline.\n\nWe are destroying software by making systems that no longer scale down: simple things should be simple to accomplish, in any system.\n\nWe are destroying software trying to produce code as fast as possible, not as well designed as possible.\n\nWe are destroying software, and what will be left will no longer give us the joy of hacking.\n</span></code></pre>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https://disqus.com\">blog comments powered by Disqus</a></p>\n",
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