We should be more ambitious with the software we build
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A software development office filled with monitors, keyboards, and coffee cups, where a team of developers is gathered around a whiteboard with flowcharts and diagrams.
Caption: Ambition: Now we just need to build something the users can't live without.
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Based on the original story on danluu.com.
Editor's note
The software industry often settles for incremental improvements rather than tackling ambitious, transformative projects. It's time to aim higher and build solutions that push the boundaries of what's possible, driving meaningful change instead of merely optimizing existing inefficiencies.
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Panel 1
(a) The subject is a software development team that is discussing their ambition and the scope of the software they want to build. (b) The irony or absurdity lies in the disconnect between the team's grand ambitions and the reality of their current capabilities and constraints. (c) The highlight is the moment when the team leader, in a moment of unfiltered honesty, admits they are still figuring out the basics.
Panel 2
A dimly lit conference room with a large whiteboard covered in scribbled notes. The team is gathered around a table strewn with laptops and coffee cups.
Team Leader: Alright, let's shoot for the moon. What's the biggest, boldest software we can build this quarter?
Developer 1: How about a self-learning AI that predicts user behavior?
Developer 2: Or a fully automated bug-free coding platform!
Panel 3
The team is still in the conference room, but the atmosphere is tense. The whiteboard now has a question mark floating in the middle.
Team Leader: But seriously, let's break it down. What are our current challenges?
Developer 3: Uh, we're still working on making our current bug tracker actually track bugs.
Developer 2: And our latest feature update took three weeks to deploy.
Panel 4
The team is now seated around the table, looking at each other with a mix of frustration and self-deprecation.
Team Leader: Right, so let's start with the basics. Let's make sure our current features work before we start talking moonshots.
Developer 1: Yeah, let's fix the login page first.
Developer 2: And maybe add some actual user feedback?
Developer 3: Yeah, let’s focus on not breaking the login button this time.
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