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When fewer than 5,000 programmers existed, they built [Lisp](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisp_%28programming_language%29) (1960) and [APL](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/APL_%28programming_language%29) (1966) and [sketchpad](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sketchpad) (1963). With over 5 million programmers today, the best we can do is Rust and React.
I Hereby Pardon All Junior Engineers
Taylor Troesh
Seeing your website’s actual server is the virtual equiv of the [Overview Effect](https://interconnected.org/home/2021/07/20/overview_effect) and I want to have that feeling the whole time!
I Wish My Web Server Were in the Corner of My Room
Matt Webb
A lot of developer tools also assume a developer will switch to an entirely new toolchain to get a relatively small set of benefits. For most software teams, this is a nonstarter.
Instead, we need to focus on more interoperability with existing dev tools, as well as on more incremental improvements (yes) that aren’t a so-called paradigm shift but that actually work with what exists.
The Case for 'Developer Experience' - Future
future.a16z.com
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