What’s the point, though, in learning about a vintage machine? It’s fun for hobbyists but it’s not useful for real life. That’s the point. The industry has changed and old dinosaurs, which I consider myself a part of, have to adapt.
For example I hate dependency injection. I despise it, I think it’s stupid. But my company does this, so I do it. Many other companies are doing it. I adapt or die.
With Amazon and Google et.al cloud computing we are back to pay-per-cycle, so at least some of it makes sense, if you are for example deploying millions of CPU's.
For example I hate dependency injection. I despise it, I think it’s stupid. But my company does this, so I do it. Many other companies are doing it. I adapt or die.