how many software engineers worked on the apollo mission? like 500 or so? obv not a 1 to 1 comparison but why on earth would twitter need 6x the amount of ppl (that wrote their code on punch cards w access to only 72kb of memory) than it took to send astronauts to the moon?
chad margaret hamilton vs virgin “microservices” engineers
if we’re all just romanticizing a twitter apocalypse for the sake of bonding that’s fine w me tho, i’m here for it
this works better if you read it in Alan Kay’s voice
a lot of ppl are missing the “obviously it’s not a 1 to 1 comparison” part of the tweet. if you disagree, maybe offer something that’s a better comparison!
muting this thread
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