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Thanks for this. The initial wave of hate on this post had me worrying that we are collectively forgetting the lessons of the past. This industry continually re
by vikingcaffiene 7y ago
Thanks for this. The initial wave of hate on this post had me worrying that we are collectively forgetting the lessons of the past. This industry continually re-invents the same concepts over and over again and just re-brands them. Once you recognize that, the writings of Fowler & Co become highly applicable to many scenarios.
- sidlls 7y agoIs this because what they've written truly works or is it because they've simply managed the same thing as the loudest engineer in the office, at larger scale?
- vikingcaffiene 7y agoWell HN knows a thing or two about the latter ;) It’s because I write better software in a team setting when I apply the techniques and philosophies of Fowler & Co. The biggest complexity in software is people. Coordinating them, navigating egos, and leveraging their experience levels. It’s a hard problem and the place where I see the most consistent system problems. IMO Fowler is just providing accessible common sense strategies for dealing with that complexity.
- atoav 7y agoInterestingly enough this social factor is also the hardest to deal with in other scenarios (expeditions, film crews, multi-party-projects, ...)