biofaust@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · edit-21 day agoIf you could reroute all the money spent globally on Generative AI right now to another single technological endeavor, what would it be?message-squaremessage-square127fedilinkarrow-up1105arrow-down18
arrow-up197arrow-down1message-squareIf you could reroute all the money spent globally on Generative AI right now to another single technological endeavor, what would it be?biofaust@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · edit-21 day agomessage-square127fedilink
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-21 day agoI can’t speak for other companies, but in mine we do have a single line item for Tech Debt. It gets IGNORED most of the time, but we do have it! ;)
minus-squarebiofaust@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 day agoWhat would be the first 3 tasks to be done under that line item?
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 day agoLargely software updates. You would not believe how old some of this stuff is. The problem becomes each update is tied to multiple systems, so testing has to be done across the board for each update. So it’s easy to go “Why are we running xxx from 2016?” but then you have test it everywhere and that’s why it’s almost 10 years out of date.
I can’t speak for other companies, but in mine we do have a single line item for Tech Debt. It gets IGNORED most of the time, but we do have it! ;)
What would be the first 3 tasks to be done under that line item?
Largely software updates. You would not believe how old some of this stuff is.
The problem becomes each update is tied to multiple systems, so testing has to be done across the board for each update.
So it’s easy to go “Why are we running xxx from 2016?” but then you have test it everywhere and that’s why it’s almost 10 years out of date.