Why Bloat Is Still Software's Biggest Vulnerability

A 2024 plea for lean software
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The way we build and ship software these days is mostly ridiculous,
leading to apps using millions of lines of code to open a garage door,
and other simple programs importing 1,600 external code libraries--dependencies--of unknown provenance. Software security is
dire, which is a function both of the quality of the code and the
sheer amount of it. Many of us programmers know the current situation
is untenable. Many programmers (and their management) sadly haven't
ever experienced anything else. And for the rest of us, we rarely get
the time to do a better job.

https://spectrum.ieee.org/lean-software-development

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On Sun, 11 Feb 2024, JAB wrote:

Why Bloat Is Still Software's Biggest Vulnerability

A 2024 plea for lean software
...
...
...
The way we build and ship software these days is mostly ridiculous,
leading to apps using millions of lines of code to open a garage door,
and other simple programs importing 1,600 external code libraries--dependencies--of unknown provenance. Software security is
dire, which is a function both of the quality of the code and the
sheer amount of it. Many of us programmers know the current situation
is untenable. Many programmers (and their management) sadly haven't
ever experienced anything else. And for the rest of us, we rarely get
the time to do a better job.

https://spectrum.ieee.org/lean-software-development

No, shhh! I earn good money by running and creating software at a fraction
of the cost of "modern" software will fullblown k8s thrown in for fun.

So please let the big guys continue to distract themselves with Micro
services, k8s and "serverless" computing, so that I can continue to
develop and run the good old fashioned way at a lower cost than my global competitors. =)

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