Kris Brandow
Fallthrough
Worse Is Better
- Published
- December 25, 2025
- Duration
- 1h 2m
- Summary source
- description
- Last updated
- Aug 16, 2026
Discusses There's a famous joke essay called Worse Is Better, which compares the New Jersey and the MIT ideolo…
Summary
There's a famous joke essay called Worse Is Better, which compares the New Jersey and the MIT ideologies. In this episode, Kris and Matt discuss these two different ideologies and how they show up in technology, from Go, to dependency management, to electric vehicles.If you prefer to watch this episode, you can view it on YouTube.This week's episode of br…
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There's a famous joke essay called Worse Is Better, which compares the New Jersey and the MIT ideologies. In this episode, Kris and Matt discuss these two different ideologies and how they show up in technology, from Go, to dependency management, to electric vehicles.If you prefer to watch this episode, you can view it on YouTube.This week's episode of break continues the conversation. Watch it on YouTube or listen with your favorite podcasting app! Learn more by going to https://break.show/21.I