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I once watched the software architect at a company I worked for get called out on why he was choosing a certain design decision that was going to impact a criti
by booleandilemma 8y ago
I once watched the software architect at a company I worked for get called out on why he was choosing a certain design decision that was going to impact a critical component of the product, and he justified himself by saying he had a good feeling about it. When pressed further he could only vaguely and emphatically respond “I don’t know, I just think this is the best way”.
So this important decision was based on this dude (excuse me, software architect) shrugging and saying it feels good.
- platz 8y agoit could mean he's developed a sense in the "right side" of his brain which isn't logic-based. Unfortunately, it's impossible to tell whether someone's taste is bullshit or finely tuned. The best-in-class typically do not follow axiomatic rules either. In this case it's probably the former.
- sgt101 8y agoAnd it's great when someone like Johanna Weber has a brilliant insight about a delta formed wing and it turns into a beautiful outcome like Concorde - if all the calculations are around to un-bullshit it to bits !
- xamuel 8y agoAt least the architect in question was honest. It would have been so easy to spout some generic BS about "industry standard", "principle of parsimony", etc. etc.
- mathattack 8y agoSometimes that’s the best someone with better intuition than communication can produce. (I prefer to err on the side of clear testable communications, but there are weak communicators who are still usually correct)