We desperately need to start a Slow Software movement. High quality, intentionally designed, low defect software done at a quarter of the pace for the same price. Because we’ve been destroying the mental health of developers for the last quarter century, and what do we have to show for it but a giant mess?
@movq@www.uninformativ.de I’m totally onboard with this idea! 💡 Just like the “slow social” network we’ve created here. I love it! When do we start? 😅
@prologic@twtxt.net How about “now”? 😅
Personally, I’ve been doing this for a long time now. Minimal(-ish), slow pace, no pressure. Works quite well for me. The idea isn’t very popular, though. 🥴
@movq@www.uninformativ.de I’ve been doing this for a long while too, as you know 😅 Not only am I solving my own problems and those of my family, as well as building/supporting Yarn/Twtxt, Salty.im and a few others, but I have a long-term vision of trying to get more folks onboard with the idea of self-hosting 🤣
@movq@www.uninformativ.de @prologic@twtxt.net Just slowly creating software is not enough. It doesn’t cut it. The focus has to be on quality. I see suuuper slow progress in a project, but the quality still totally sucks balls.
@lyse@lyse.isobeef.org I agree, slow with decent quality and simplicity would be my thing 💪
@lyse@lyse.isobeef.org Yeah, you’re right. The quality aspect is lacking, too. Sigh. 😅
Focus on quality, focus on “doing it right”, make that your primary goal. And everything else shall fall into place.
If it only were that simple. 🫤😅