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> You have to realize a team that's been there before you has done things in certain ways for certain reasons This is a fundamental insight that a lot of peopl
by vincentmarle 9y ago
> You have to realize a team that's been there before you has done things in certain ways for certain reasons
This is a fundamental insight that a lot of people don’t seem to get. I always refer to this quote to drive home the same point: “There is no such thing as a dysfunctional system, because every system is perfectly aligned to achieve the results it currently gets.”
- starpilot 9y agoThis is what I think every time I see the JavaScript programmers on HN critiquing SpaceX or other aerospace system designs from their swivel chairs.
- kazinator 9y agoSometimes those reasons, unfortunately, do have to do with the fact that they are actual imbeciles. If you want to be likeable among imbeciles, then you have to emulate one. When in Rome and all that.
- secabeen 9y agoWhen developing and documenting systems, I find it's really important to document Why you are doing things a certain way. What is done, and how its done can often be discerned from looking at the current implementation, but why needs to be explicitly documented.