The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source The great software quality collapse (News)
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Oct 13, 2025 Denis Stetskov discusses how the software industry has accepted catastrophe as the norm. Meta is handing React and React Native over to the Linux Foundation, committing to five years of support. GitHub is prioritizing its infrastructure migration to Azure, even at the expense of new features. Miguel Grinberg shares performance benchmarks showcasing improvements in Python 3.14, while Matthew Inman reflects on the role of AI in art, suggesting it can serve as a creative assistant.
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Abstraction Tax Compounds Into Collapse
- Modern software stacks compound small overheads across many abstraction layers into large inefficiencies.
- Denis Stetskov argues these compounded costs normalize catastrophic resource use and failures.
Question Your Abstraction Choices
- Reassess which abstraction layers are truly necessary and measure cumulative costs.
- Denis Stetskov urges asking hard questions before we "can't buy our way out anymore."
React Moves To A Foundation
- Meta is transferring React and React Native stewardship into a Linux Foundation-hosted React Foundation.
- Meta commits five years, $3M+, and engineering support while retaining involvement for now.