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Crossing the Divide From Software Dev To Hardware Dev 105

Posted by timothy from the switch-hitting-by-hitting-switches dept.
First time accepted submitter szczys writes "Quinn Dunki spent decades developing software before she fabricated her own 6502-based computer. Here she talks about crossing between software and hardware (or the other way around) and why this is easier today than it has been in the past."
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  • That article was fucking awful. (Score:2, Insightful)

    by Joining Yet Again ( 2992179 ) on Friday October 18, 2013 @07:49PM (#45170985)

    tl;dr "Software is a bit like hardware but hardware is less virtual."

    Am I missing some point here? Maybe this person has achieved something I don't know about that makes their message more relevant than I can see.

  • Run! (Score:4, Insightful)

    by sycodon ( 149926 ) on Friday October 18, 2013 @08:03PM (#45171065)

    Run the opposite direction!

    Software is made up of worlds created by people hopped up on caffeine and suffering from too little sleep. Hardware follows physical laws, software follows no laws.

    Hardware is created, finalized and shipped. Software is a never ending dreary of bug fixes, upgrades and incompatibility.

    For your own sanity, stay away.

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