A historical argument for creating a stable instruction set architecture (ISA) for entire system-on-a-chip (SoC) packages.Please note that although it's neve...
  • magic_lobster_party@fedia.io
    11·
    5 days ago

    This is just so wrong. He’s too nostalgic of the Amiga days.

    First, he has no concrete proof that many lines of code is bad. He’s just saying “I feel like things are worse now and here’s a graph that correlates with my feelings”.

    And then he shows a graph of the number of lines in the Linux kernel. Yeah, Linux grew in size mid 90s because that was when people wanted to make it work on computers other than Torvald’s own!

    Secondly, no one wants to plug in an USB and grant whatever is in it full machine access. It’s a major security concern, and people want multitasking. What if I want to listen to Spotify while I play my game?

    The USB thing is likely not going to work either way because it can’t take into account for all possible configurations. Too bad, this program doesn’t recognize your specific WiFi card. You have to survive without internet.

    Unless someone manages to perfectly standardize everything that can possibly happen in a computer. That ain’t going to happen.

      • magic_lobster_party@fedia.io
        4·
        5 days ago

        I don’t really know how to describe him. I guess Casey is proof that one can be skilled in programming, but still have a fundamental lack of understanding in software engineering.

  • Kissaki@programming.devEnglish
    6·
    6 days ago

    Presentation/Lecture; bad software quality due to software stack complexity with increased separation of layers and participants

    SoC (System on a Chip) hardware for embedded/smaller use cases is very common and successful.

    Suggests “Direct Coding” with direct hardware access as a possible alternative approach to PC hardware interfacing. Implementing that is more about commitment than difficulty. Depends more on hardware producers than software developers. A lack of drivers could give a fairer playing field between manufacturers.

    • Mikina@programming.dev
      9·
      6 days ago

      My favorite windows update was when I was at local Microsoft office on some kind of highschool coding competition hosted by Microsoft, and we had to start 10 minutes late because we were watching the meeting room computer force a restart with Windows update a minute after the introduction presentation started.

      • ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net
        6·
        6 days ago

        Having been to many local Microsoft events, this is pretty common.

        Literal Microsoft employees would jokingly tell the presenters not to connect to the Internet to avoid getting a Microsoft update that will derail their workshops.