> if you want to back this file up regularly with something like restic, then you will quickly end up in a world of pain: since new mails are not even appended to the end of the file, each cycle of takeout-then-backup…
> companies that can afford inflated prices will take advantage of the situation to pull ahead of competitors who can't afford tech at inflated tech These big companies are competing with each other, and they're willing…
If you haven't heard of Rich Hickey, then you're fortunate to have the opportunity to watch "Simple Made Easy" for the first time: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LKtk3HCgTa8
I have seen similar critiques applied against digital tech in general. Don't get me wrong, I continue to use plain Emacs to do dev, but this critique feels a bit rich... Technological change changes lots of things. The…
Isn't this more easily explained by supply-demand? Supply can't quickly scale, and so with increased demand there will be increased prices.
Alternatively, we'll see a drop in deployment diversity, with more and more functionality shifted to centralised providers that have economies of scale and the resources to optimise. E.g. IDEs could continue to demand…
> if you want to back this file up regularly with something like restic, then you will quickly end up in a world of pain: since new mails are not even appended to the end of the file, each cycle of takeout-then-backup…
> companies that can afford inflated prices will take advantage of the situation to pull ahead of competitors who can't afford tech at inflated tech These big companies are competing with each other, and they're willing…
If you haven't heard of Rich Hickey, then you're fortunate to have the opportunity to watch "Simple Made Easy" for the first time: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LKtk3HCgTa8
I have seen similar critiques applied against digital tech in general. Don't get me wrong, I continue to use plain Emacs to do dev, but this critique feels a bit rich... Technological change changes lots of things. The…
Isn't this more easily explained by supply-demand? Supply can't quickly scale, and so with increased demand there will be increased prices.
Alternatively, we'll see a drop in deployment diversity, with more and more functionality shifted to centralised providers that have economies of scale and the resources to optimise. E.g. IDEs could continue to demand…