The irony isn’t lost…just misplaced

It's amazing how small software can be when you put your mind to it.

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Oct 21, 2001

Code bloat is insidious. It’s wasteful. It creates a poor product. Software can and should be written efficiently and effectively.

So why is it that the military-industrial complex is the only group to grok this?

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