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When 'pair programming' was chucked in as an example of one of the worst things that happened to programming I lost interest. Back up your assertions with fact
by lwhi 7y ago
When 'pair programming' was chucked in as an example of one of the worst things that happened to programming I lost interest.
Back up your assertions with facts. If you don't have facts use good truthful examples.
Too much opinion and conjecture isn't useful.
- tsimionescu 7y agoThis really reads like an article by someone who likes to think they know better than everyone else, while liking things that the industry has tried and moved away from. I would much prefer a similar sounding article from someone who champions some weird technology, like people APL people who advocate for extreme conciseness of code, or Forth people who advocate for extreme integration of solutions. I don't think they're right, but at least they would be novel and would advocate for something we haven't moved away from as an industry for a reason.
- notacoward 7y agoRejecting the entire main argument because of a single aside - a matter of style more than substance - is effectively argumentum ad hominem. Yes, the author comes across as a grumpy old "get off my lawn" type (like me in fact). No, that doesn't make any of their arguments or anecdotes about throw invalid. Try addressing the issue, not the person.
- lwhi 7y agoWhile you may be able to sympathise with the author's style of writing, I think my point still stands.
- notacoward 7y agoYour point seems to be that it's OK to reject an entire argument because of one irrelevant aside. I guess that "stands" as a personal belief, but it does not stand as an argument or refutation of one.