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It's so easy to overlook the benefits of staying obsessively focused. Quickly though, almost in your back, each single bit/feature/line of code added to the mi
by thibaut_barrere 16y ago
It's so easy to overlook the benefits of staying obsessively focused.
Quickly though, almost in your back, each single bit/feature/line of code added to the mix multiplies with the others, and it's over already.
- larrik 16y agoNon-programmers tend to think that adding a software feature is akin to adding on to a house. Sure, it take some effort and money, but the resulting house is surely better, right? (This isn't always true, of course, but still) In reality, adding a software feature is often like adding onto a house in the center of it, expanding the rest of the house around it to make room. Suddenly the job looks a lot tougher.
- eru 16y agoOr perhaps if you told them, it's like adding scenes to a film, they'd understand. There's a reason for deleted scenes.
- derefr 16y agoHow about "it's like if they took [your favorite sport] and added a new rule to it. Imagine how much all the theory, leagues, player valuations, etc. would all change." Or slightly more precise, but less accessible—"what if your favorite fighting game got a new character? What if your favorite MMO got a new class?"