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1. thesumofall · 1790608550 · focus · HN ↗

   I think the author underestimates how boring and simple 90% of enterprise software is. The part that isn’t powering aircraft and power plants. So much of it originates from one-nighters, badly managed subcontractors, and requirements that are of low quality to begin with (because they are written by people who have very different day jobs). And you know what? Most of that runs 24/7 without a glitch. LLMs just gives us more of that. And maybe it’s even better

   1. mxey · 1790610211 · focus · HN ↗

      The majority of existing software runs without a glitch? Are you being serious?

      1. thesumofall · 1790611111 · focus · HN ↗

         Yes. Bad UI, cumbersome flows, too little automation, … plenty of flaws, but the business just keeps on running. Orders received, invoices written, documents shared, …

         1. ben-schaaf · 1790616220 · focus · HN ↗

            This doesn't ring true. Shit goes wrong all the time, and we put people in the loop to fix things when it does.

            1. thesumofall · 1790620191 · focus · HN ↗

               I guess experiences differ across companies and industries. I work in logistics. Logistics deals with messy processes and a messy reality all the time. A tiny fraction of that is due to buggy software. Some of it could be avoided with great software, but again: that we also didn’t have before LLMs
         2. eviks · 1790634117 · focus · HN ↗

            Orders missed/not fulfilled, invoices with the wrong amounts, wrong documents shared or shared with the wrong audience - all these and a bunch of more errors are still consistent with business not dying, yet that's definitely not the mythical 24/7 without a glitch

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