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OTOH: "Well-designed components are easy to replace. Eventually, they will be replaced by ones that are not so easy to replace."
by rumcajz 8y ago
OTOH: "Well-designed components are easy to replace. Eventually, they will be replaced by ones that are not so easy to replace."
- james_s_tayler 8y agohahahah oh man. That's such a trap. Good point.
- cle 8y agoNot sure what your point is? Should we give up on well-designed components? A cynical quip like Sustrik’s Law is meaningless to me without a deeper analysis. What mechanisms or conditions make this “law” true? And what are its actionable takeaways?
- jplayer01 8y agoI think it drives at an important point: Your job isn't done just because you've somehow managed to design and implement the perfect component that's absolutely reusable. There are plenty of internal and external forces that will turn that component into something imperfect and flawed, if not replace it outright with something that is far less usable, reusable, appropriate, etc. It requires constant vigilance and maintenance to maintain that state.