Simon Willison’s Weblog

In the past, these decisions were so consequential, they were basically one-way doors, in Amazon language. That’s why we call them ‘architectural decisions!’ You basically have to live with your choice of database, authentication, JavaScript UI framework, almost forever.

But that’s changing with LLMs, because you can explore, investigate, and even prototype each one so quickly. Even technology migrations are becoming so much easier/cheaper/faster.

These are all examples of increasing optionality.

— Steve Yegge, via Gene Kim