I'd say that a more appropriate reference from that time would be "The Nine Billion Names of God" by Arthur C. Clarke [1], which actually deals with the finiteness of the list of problems that a machine successfully exhausts.
reply>>which actually deals with the finiteness of the list of problems that a machine successfully exhausts.
replyThis is already the case with most DevOps jobs with Claude Code. There are only that many finite issues that need fixing in production, even for very large systems.
So you don't need all that many people to run ops these days.
I don't see why that should be a problem, as we already know the answer is 42 in any case.
replyThere is as yet insufficient Data for a meaningful answer.
replyThe findings of the present study suggest that more funding is necessary, roughly the amount of money necessary for a trip to Burning Man
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