There's really nothing new in this article - but it's all true.
One major difference between SaaS and bread is the number of varieties in SaaS is much more than that in bread. If you need to customize something for a specific workflow, you can now make your own software than buy something off the shelf and settle for something substandard.
> The pull request model on GitHub doesn’t carry enough information to review AI generated code properly — I wish I could see the prompts that led to changes. It’s not just GitHub, it’s also git that is lacking.
The majority of these hidden truths are due to senior engineering management in their 40s and 50s who have not coded in decades, and yet pick up the latest trend or fashion and impose that on their teams.
The monolith to microservices trend was one great example of this.
Agreed - Really surprising this article didn't cover the flip side - how many lives have been saved due to having an instant source of truth in your pocket.
Yeah, stainless steel pipes are used to carry ash slurry away from thermal power plants (especially in China and India). Cast basalt lining increases the lifetime of the pipes by reducing abrasion.