Does Software Understand Complexity?

This past week I was at a conference with some wonderful talks, but I also enjoy the hallway track - the conversations you have with people during breaks. You trade experiences and eventually you get to the question: “what do you do?” My answer started with one word: software. The people I met had a range of reactions but often they spoke about the software they used daily and their frustrations with it. Then they described the programming that they do as part of their research and how engagi...