Our take: In this post, Dan Cohen reflects on the early development of Zotero and details this history. He focuses on “Zotero’s pre-history, what it took to conceive, design, and build the 1.0 release.” He emphasizes the slow pace of development as one reason for the durability of the tool. This slow development and emphasis on communal thinking stands in contrast to the near instantaneous creation of software using LLMs.
Editors’ Choice: The Slow Formation of Durable Software
