> So devs decided they could do it themselves (with better tools).
And failed. Other people’s jobs always look easy from the outside
And failed. Other people’s jobs always look easy from the outside
What do we think we were using Perl for?
Job Security (joking)
The difference with those tools is that they were off the rack and not bespoke. There were plenty of bespoke systems before, used in fewer places because bespoke systems are expensive.