"Alas, software tends to be mediocre. There are a few reasons for this..." #readingToday

The building doesn't fall down, it sort of works, better than good enough, let's move on. But software, software is different. Consider:

1. one piece of software can be used by a billion people, no extra cost per person. Unlike candy or anything physical, it doesn't cost more per user (not a penny more) to have more people use great software instead of settling for good software.

And

2. fixing software today fixes it for everyone, in the world, going forward (and for connected computers, going backward as well).

Imagine what would happen if this were true for buildings… if the efficiency and style and ambience of every building in the world could be fixed, all at once, in exchange for one investment.

Alas, software tends to be mediocre. There are a few reasons for this...