Mac@programming.dev to Programming@programming.dev · 9 months agoWhat are some common misconceptions about programming that you'd like to debunk?message-squaremessage-square175fedilinkarrow-up1115arrow-down17
arrow-up1108arrow-down1message-squareWhat are some common misconceptions about programming that you'd like to debunk?Mac@programming.dev to Programming@programming.dev · 9 months agomessage-square175fedilink
minus-squarevause@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up30·9 months agoRelevant XKCD: https://xkcd.com/1425
minus-squareWalrusByte@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23arrow-down2·9 months agoWhat’s funny about this comic now is the second one has become very attainable in the years since it was released. The concept still applies though. Some things are a lot harder than they seem on the surface.
minus-squaresnooggums@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up25·9 months agoSomebody spent the money on a research team and five years is why it is very attainable now. Someone trying to write the code from scratch would still take a research team and years to replicate it from scratch.
Relevant XKCD: https://xkcd.com/1425
What’s funny about this comic now is the second one has become very attainable in the years since it was released. The concept still applies though. Some things are a lot harder than they seem on the surface.
Somebody spent the money on a research team and five years is why it is very attainable now.
Someone trying to write the code from scratch would still take a research team and years to replicate it from scratch.
Oh yeah, for sure
And here I was thinking of https://xkcd.com/664/