I had an "IT quotes" poster on my wall in 1980 and on it was:
"Make it possible for programmers to write in English and you will learn that programmers cannot write in English."
Joséphine Altzman ✡️ יוספה בתיה
"[computer thing] is now much easier, you don't need the old experts!"; "turns out doing [ computer thing ] right goes better with expertise"; "better hire new experts!" is basically the fractal shape of computing history back to, like, COBOL so, you know.
tweety fish
I almost posted a follow-up caveat that at least a half dozen previous "revolutions" in software have revolved around "everybody can make their own bespoke software now" and none of them really took but at least so far--see e.g. all the new web games--this seems to be unlocking different patterns
