The Case for Slow, Sustainable Engineering

About this episode

The episode discusses the importance of slow, sustainable software engineering and critiques the fast-paced, fear-driven culture in tech.

This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/the-case-for-slow-sustainable-engineering . A letter to engineers arguing for slow, sustainable software—and against the “wartime” myth that turns tech into a race powered by greed and fear. Check more stories related to programming at: https://hackernoon.com/c/programming . You can also check exclusive content about #software-engineering , #greed , #philosophy , #philosophy-of-software , #software-development , #sustainable-development , #tech-culture , #hackernoon-top-story , and more. This story was written by: @jackbradshaw . Learn more about this writer by checking @jackbradshaw's about page, and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com . A letter to engineers arguing for slow, sustainable software—and against the “wartime” myth that turns tech into a race powered by greed and fear.

Topics covered

• sustainable engineering
• software development
• tech culture
• philosophy of software
• greed

Keywords

• sustainable software
• wartime myth
• software engineering
• tech race
• greed
• philosophy

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Organizations: HackerNoon

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