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The three bank runs which already happened had idiosyncratic causes, but “if accounted for accurately, the bank is insolvent” is the sort of thing which, if one stipulates to it, one would suggest might generate bank runs in the near future. And so there was a policy response, which much commentary has assumed is primarily about the banks which no longer exist, and the satisfaction of their depositors, and which is actually much more about banks in danger which might yet be saved.
Banking in Very Uncertain Times
Patrick McKenzie (patio11)
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
Skeptics of solar feasibility pantomime a kind of technical realism, but I think the really technical people are like, oh, we’re going to rip out and replace the whole plumbing of the world? Right, I remember that from last time. Let’s gooo!
There's room for everybody
Robin Sloan
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