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Post #2439006

2026-05-12 07:21 UTC

As the cost for building software is shrinking fast, the cost for running software is going to grow faster, and guess what cost most orgs never planned for. #devoops

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  • @anton@social.dollmaier.name 2026-05-12 07:22

    @krisbuytaert@mastodon.social I know, I know! Maintenance!

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  • @dch@bsd.network 2026-05-12 07:34

    @krisbuytaert@mastodon.social especially now that RAM and storage are 3-5x or even higher.

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  • @ringods@hachyderm.io 2026-05-12 11:08

    @krisbuytaert@mastodon.social Was immediately thinking of this article: https://www.jamesshore.com/v2/blog/2026/you-need-ai-that-reduces-your-maintenance-costs (if you still want AI, that is)

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  • @nobsagile@mastodon.social 2026-05-12 11:56

    @krisbuytaert@mastodon.social What do you mean by "building software"? Does building include "that works and that is used and maintained over years and easy to adopt"? I think if you incorporate that you will find that the cost of "building software" has not sunken as much as OpenAI and Antrophic wants us to believe.

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  • @rocky1138@dosgame.club 2026-05-12 13:20

    @krisbuytaert@mastodon.social please explain

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  • @whvholst@eupolicy.social 2026-05-12 14:25

    @krisbuytaert@mastodon.social That claim of the cost of developing software shrinking is yet to be proven.

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  • @krisbuytaert@mastodon.social Only the short-term costs are going down. Long-term AI will cause way more problems than we solve by it. And what you said.

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  • @davemangot@hachyderm.io 2026-05-12 19:03

    @krisbuytaert@mastodon.social Too true. And we don't make money building software. That's inventory. We make the money when that software is in production (where people can pay for it).

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