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I feel like to have this opinion, perhaps you have worked mainly on smaller systems? No, I've got a good mix, and I agree with you that this is a product of la
by run4yourlives 17y ago
I feel like to have this opinion, perhaps you have worked mainly on smaller systems?
No, I've got a good mix, and I agree with you that this is a product of large systems more than simple web apps and the like.
The complexity of large systems being required is what's the problem though; not that I have an immediate solution.
That and too many programmers that simply aren't able to do anything but program.
- derefr 17y agoYou can't say that complexity itself is the problem, because the whole of programming is encoding complex processes so as to simplify them from a human perspective. Without complexity, it's not testing that would go away, it's programming. You've basically said something like "the problem with space shuttles is that they have to aim their thrust precisely in order to achieve lift"—that's not the problem with space shuttles, that's the idea of space shuttles.
- run4yourlives 17y agoThe problem is that everybody likes to think their problem is as complex as a space shuttle. The reality is that in 99% of cases, it isn't. In have of those you are 100% correct - the problem isn't even a programming one.