The net movement in the system is the less powerful things move to the more powerful thing.

2024-11-11 · Bits and Bobs 11/11/24

When code is expensive, data is (relatively) cheap.

Data flows to code.

When code is cheap, data is (relatively) expensive.

Code flows to data.

A copernican shift!

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