1950s
1960s–70s
1980s–90s
2000s
2010s
2013–2016
scope and resolution, simultaneously
assembly
→ languages
algorithms
memory
→ GC
architecture
hardware
→ cloud
distributed systems
deploy
→ CI/CD
feedback loops
environment
→ containers
system topology
and the detail within
intent → AI
?
registers · addresses
malloc · free
provisioning · racks
build · ship mechanics
env config · manual ops
automate a layer
→ resist → prove good enough → think higher
every time, experience became more valuable — not less
seventy years of learning to think at the right level
what do we now have the capacity to think about?