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This is an unfortunately terrible article. It's overly long, convoluted, and the central pirate anecdote works only to obscure the core principles. There is a
by yaseer 8y ago
This is an unfortunately terrible article.
It's overly long, convoluted, and the central pirate anecdote works only to obscure the core principles.
There is an attempt here to 'ape' the style of similar, more enlightening pieces, but they've really gotten lost along the way.
- jtms 8y agoI found this article quite the opposite of terrible, but maybe I just don’t know enough yet. Could you share these similar, more enlightening pieces?
- yaseer 8y agoPerhaps this is a question of taste. The style of piece I mean is 'aped' by the article is "What X can teach us about Y". I've read some really good pieces by The Economist in this tradition, that examine historical case studies for modern insights. Some other examples from HN in that style. I don't think these are particularly brilliant, but I don't think they're fatally flawed. I found that their analogy explained rather than obfuscated. http://alexkudlick.com/blog/what-the-four-color-theorem-can-teach-us-about-writing-software/ http://alexkudlick.com/blog/what-the-four-color-theorem-can-... https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/telecom/security/what-the-count-of-monte-cristo-can-teach-us-about-cybersecurity https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/telecom/security/what-th...