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points by bakugo 2 days ago | 0 comments

> The median new plugin used to end up with a couple thousand installs. It's now 28.

This feels like a microcosm of software development as a whole.

There's more software than ever, yet there are fewer people engaging with said software than ever, and the good software gets buried under a giant pile of crap.

[–] noosphr 2 days ago

There is more code than ever. The amount of software seems to be shrinking.

[–] rbanffy 1 day ago

> and the good software gets buried under a giant pile of crap.

I’d say there is a lot of good software buried under good software. I think AI will help these opportunists to make better software than they would otherwise.