You now have to integrate that pattern/module, and learn/work with the tooling to integrate the pattern/module, which adds new complexity and constraints on top of the now-centralized hidden complexity.
On the whole, it’s worth it - building on the shoulders of giants lets us achieve great things with what used to require out-of-reach amount of resources.
But as a result our work has shifted towards more integration and tooling (everything from node/npm to cloud services, orchestration, containers, and ML/AI) and total complexity keeps marching on upwards.
On the whole, it’s worth it - building on the shoulders of giants lets us achieve great things with what used to require out-of-reach amount of resources.
But as a result our work has shifted towards more integration and tooling (everything from node/npm to cloud services, orchestration, containers, and ML/AI) and total complexity keeps marching on upwards.