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It goes back to Gauss and "no self-respecting architect leaves the scaffolding in place after completing the building" - about intentionally leaving all motivat
by stared 9y ago
It goes back to Gauss and "no self-respecting architect leaves the scaffolding in place after completing the building" - about intentionally leaving all motivation, heuristics etc aside.
Though, compare it with https://terrytao.wordpress.com/ https://terrytao.wordpress.com/, full of insight.
- Chris2048 9y agoDoes no self-respecting software dev leave comments/documentation behind? A software program is the equivalent product to a blueprint, not a building. And an architect might leave guidelines and annotations on those blueprints (they would not dismantle scaffolds, that's a builder).