The Cost of Code
summary
Compares a profitable static game (Super Mario: 8 devs, ~40M cartridges at ~$25) with modern webs where running create-react-app pulls 1.5 million lines of third‑party code onto a developer machine, raises supply‑chain and maintenance burdens, and relies on unreviewed volunteers. Cites Heartbleed and OpenSSL, VW emissions code tied to ~59 estimated deaths, and Boeing 737 MAX’s MCAS single‑sensor failure causing two crashes; proposes durable devices (Fairphone, 5‑year support) and explicit plans to pay or audit dependencies.
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chapters (36)
- 0:00Introduction
- 2:08Super Mario
- 4:06Free Software
- 5:10Free Beer
- 6:28Software
- 7:51Freedom
- 9:59Twitter
- 11:18Software Development
- 12:30The Law
- 13:13Heartbleed
- 15:20Open Source Entitlement
- 17:16Paid Software
- 18:21Barclaycard
- 19:51Meltdown
- 22:13Mobile Phones
- 24:15Elements
- 24:42neodymium
- 26:34cerium
- 28:15how much lithium
- 28:51Fairphone
- 29:32Electronics Recycling
- 30:13Upgrade Cycle
- 31:45Volkswagen
- 35:34Boeing 737 Max
- 36:58Type Rating
- 38:30EmCasts
- 39:18Sensor Failure
- 41:06SelfDriving Cars
- 42:00Political Crisis
- 43:11Facebook
- 43:22Questions about Facebook
- 43:48Software is part of the system
- 44:31Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin
- 45:00Margaret Hamilton
- 45:38Treat the think holistically
- 45:56Questions
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