From 4815868e79ad08bffe9dc0e6268c6a34b54b0867 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Oliver Davies Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2024 22:39:38 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add daily email for 2024-12-21 CD or CDs --- source/_daily_emails/2024-12-21.md | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+) create mode 100644 source/_daily_emails/2024-12-21.md diff --git a/source/_daily_emails/2024-12-21.md b/source/_daily_emails/2024-12-21.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..8f81433a --- /dev/null +++ b/source/_daily_emails/2024-12-21.md @@ -0,0 +1,28 @@ +--- +title: CD or CDs +date: 2024-12-21 +permalink: daily/2024/12/21/cd +tags: + - software-development +cta: ~ +snippet: | + What if we still released software by burning every version to a physical disk and distributed it around the world? +--- + +This week, I re-watched Revolution OS - a 2001 documentary about the history of Linux, open source and the free software movement. + +I was also explaining to my son about how software used to be distributed on CD-ROMs. + +This got me thinking. + +What if we still primarily distributed software on physical media like CD-ROMs? + +What if every release to your software project had to be burned to a disc, transported and inserted into a server to be installed. + +This may take days or weeks instead of seconds or minutes. + +Once a version is distributed, it isn't quick or easy to fix a bug or release a feature. + +You can't simply update the version on every CD that was distributed with some hardware or attached to a computing magazine. + +How would you change writing software if you worked this way?