I’ve never said that those technologies or processes have no use at all.
However, in a lot of cases they could be considered premature optimisation.
A bulldozer is also a useful tool, but in the real world nobody uses one for small jobs better suited to a shovel because of how expensive it is.
In the tech industry however, VCs will be happy to bankroll the bulldozer for you so that it becomes cheaper than using the shovel. All else being equal, I too will pick the bulldozer at least as long as I’m not the one doing the maintenance it will inevitably require.
Worse, give it enough time and the skill to use shovels will disappear, and now everyone will be using bulldozers for even the smallest jobs, with all the negative externalities attached to them. The only winners are the bulldozer manufacturers.
However, in a lot of cases they could be considered premature optimisation.
A bulldozer is also a useful tool, but in the real world nobody uses one for small jobs better suited to a shovel because of how expensive it is.
In the tech industry however, VCs will be happy to bankroll the bulldozer for you so that it becomes cheaper than using the shovel. All else being equal, I too will pick the bulldozer at least as long as I’m not the one doing the maintenance it will inevitably require.
Worse, give it enough time and the skill to use shovels will disappear, and now everyone will be using bulldozers for even the smallest jobs, with all the negative externalities attached to them. The only winners are the bulldozer manufacturers.