> I’m not sure how effective emphasis on IDEs, processes, or languages really was 10+ years ago. But the fact that “being more efficient, higher productivity for lower inputs” was something people paid money for indicates (to me) that it was a priority more than it is now.
It is important to look at these things in a context of software fads... Back when Google/Facebook got big around 2007-2008 it was all about big data cargo culting, then era of frameworks & efficiency & productivity, following that epoch of apps, after that we've had blockchain, and now AI & chatGPT are "eating the world".
Of course in the middle of that we've also had a huge bull market with tons of money thrown at everything.
It is important to look at these things in a context of software fads... Back when Google/Facebook got big around 2007-2008 it was all about big data cargo culting, then era of frameworks & efficiency & productivity, following that epoch of apps, after that we've had blockchain, and now AI & chatGPT are "eating the world".
Of course in the middle of that we've also had a huge bull market with tons of money thrown at everything.