Changelog News The great software quality collapse
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Oct 13, 2025 Denis Stetskov reveals how software catastrophes have become alarmingly normal, pushing us to rethink our standards. Meta's bold move to hand React and React Native to a foundation signals a new era for these frameworks. GitHub's shift to prioritize Azure migration raises concerns about feature delays. In the world of Python, 3.14 shows impressive performance gains, while debates on AI art delve into its emotional impacts and its role in enhancing creativity, not replacing it.
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Compound Cost Of Abstractions
- Modern software stacks compound small overheads into massive resource costs across many layers.
- Denis Stetskov argues this abstraction tax explains routine system-level failures and bloated resource use.
Audit Abstraction Layers Now
- Question when we accepted huge resource waste as normal and audit how many layers are actually needed.
- Reevaluate architecture before adding more managed services or frameworks to avoid hidden overhead.
React Moves To Foundation Model
- Meta is transferring React and React Native to a Linux Foundation-backed React Foundation with funding and support.
- The move aims to create vendor-neutral governance and infrastructure for the React ecosystem.