In June 2008 Apple announced Mac OS X Snow Leopard, proudly boasting that it would have "no new features". Instead of piling on new things, Snow Leopard aimed to build on the success of its predecessor, Leopard, opting to focus on under-the-hood performance and stability improvements throughout the system.
As is the style these days.
It’s crazy to think that through the 2010s and up to just a few years ago we were in this huge drive for quality in software engineering.
More tests. Robust pipelines. Squash the bugs.
Uptime was a matter of pride for web services. Anything less than five 9’s was shameful.
Then AI happened and every business collectively decided they don’t give a fuck about quality any longer. Screw it, ship the features, line goes up.
I hate it.