@tobypinder @awilfox @HerraBRE

Devs are expensive *because* they are hard to hire, *because* of poor hiring practices.

Users buy newer faster gear when they can afford to, but moore's law ended a decade ago, so newer gear won't remain faster gear for much longer, and fast turnaround was never sustainable anyhow.

The web wasn't optimized for anything, & never scaled well.

Tech industry finances are based on the whims of VCs, & thus are a fantasy.

@KitRedgrave
I blame most of the problems of the tech industry on an insufficient respect for history.

Huge painful flaws in major projects are solved in a handful of clever lines, if only the maintainer was aware of the paper from the 60s those lines are in. It happens over and over.