Mac@programming.dev to Programming@programming.dev · 7 months agoWhat are some common misconceptions about programming that you'd like to debunk?message-squaremessage-square176fedilinkarrow-up1116arrow-down17
arrow-up1109arrow-down1message-squareWhat are some common misconceptions about programming that you'd like to debunk?Mac@programming.dev to Programming@programming.dev · 7 months agomessage-square176fedilink
minus-squarevause@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up30·7 months agoRelevant XKCD: https://xkcd.com/1425
minus-squareWalrusByte@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22arrow-down2·7 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-up24·7 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.
minus-squarerandy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up14·7 months agoAnd here I was thinking of https://xkcd.com/664/
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/