On: Everyone is still terrible at creating software at scale

[yoz-y]

You answered the question yourself. Cost is by far the most important factor, so if you focus on quality you will not be able to sell your product.

[qznc → yoz-y]

As long as our resources are limited we always need to consider the tradeoffs. This is not specific to software.

[benrbray → yoz-y]

I think it's fairly common for even established companies to prioritize short-term costs over long-term costs, even when the long-term costs of NOT investing in good tooling are astronomical. So absolute cost isn't really the deciding factor.