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I strongly disagree about quoting thought leaders as an appeal to authority. It’s ok to quote thought leaders but focus on the tradeoffs. Most thought leaders e
by joshribakoff 6y ago
I strongly disagree about quoting thought leaders as an appeal to authority. It’s ok to quote thought leaders but focus on the tradeoffs. Most thought leaders embellish things for more clicks, or speak in generalizations that are easily misapplied. Telling your coworkers to do something because Martin Fowler “said so” is not a good argument
- thanato0s 6y agoI agree, I hesitated to put it in the article. I decided to do so at the end, but I've added that too: > Be careful though: not everything from evangelists will apply to your specific problem. Don’t invoke the Single Responsibility Principle spell without any argument why it’s useful and valid. Opinion leaders should provide you these concrete arguments; if they don’t, their names alone shouldn’t influence your decisions.