Changelog Master Feed The great software quality collapse (Changelog News #165)
Oct 13, 2025
Denis Stetskov highlights how the software industry has become accustomed to disasters due to layers of abstraction. Meta is transitioning React and React Native to a new foundation, ensuring continued support. GitHub is prioritizing its migration to Azure, causing some delays in new features. Miguel Grinberg shares impressive performance benchmarks for Python 3.14, particularly praising PyPy's speed. Lastly, Matthew Inman sparks a debate on AI art, suggesting it should enhance creativity rather than replace it.
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Abstraction Tax Compounds Into Catastrophe
- Denis Stetskov argues software catastrophes are normalized as abstraction overhead compounds across stacks.
- Multiple small overheads (20–30% each) compound to produce massive inefficiency and hidden failures.
Question Your Stack Choices
- Denis urges asking hard questions about which abstraction layers are truly necessary before accepting catastrophic defaults.
- He proposes a forward path to reassess tradeoffs and prioritize leaner stacks.
React Moves To A Foundation
- Meta is transferring React and React Native stewardship to a Linux Foundation-based React Foundation.
- Meta commits five years of partnership, funding, and engineering support rather than fully abandoning projects.