Lot of SMBs run sql server and .net

lift and shift into the cloud used to be the path of last resistance on Azure.

I still remember the day the disks dissappeared on the prod db running on gcp.

What is property tax?

Rent.

Then income tax is rent too. In fact both are taxes, the rest is meaningless rewording.

The stock is tanking. Their moat is small to non-existent.

Kind of crazy considering how while teams (even dev) were forced into using it be the designers.

I haven’t even seen it mentioned at work recently.

It is truly staggering to see a tool used by (almost) every large tech company in the world so quickly lose ground. I don't think they're done done, but their position in the value chain has shifted drastically.

It’s manager speak for “less than.”

The manager class sees worker units as fungible.

Must be from the divide and conquer school of management.

Should Accounting exist?

Should Legal exist?

Should Facilities exist?

Surely your average employee could own each of these functions.

And the worst job market maybe ever for that age group?

But that decade includes the first Trump administration also.

I don’t think that supports your argument.

What is probably happening is the job crisis for young people.

The army is once again an attractive job.

Is Deno a classic second system syndrome project?

Seems so. All the breaks from the first system in the name of “we’re doing it right this time” probably killed the momentum.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second-system_effect

Even the best and brightest of us are still human.

How is a mechanical engineer a “trade worker.”

Most engineers have to take at least one programming class in college.

I agree, my immediate reaction was that mechanical engineer is not a trades worker.

I majored in mechanical engineering at college. We had a required programming class. A lot of people like myself already knew how to program before we took the class too. We also had a required electronics class. My experience is that most folks with CS degrees would be surprised by the breadth of what mechanical/aerospace/chemical/etc. engineers learn.

I didn’t read the article but if he is really an actual mechanical engineer then this is not that interesting. Mechanical engineers build a lot of technical software. Most fluid dynamics code or vibration code is probably written by mechanical engineers. Now, some times people say “mechanical engineer” but they don’t mean someone that studied FFTs.