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Is it just me, or does this author have no understanding of hackerdom? Starting, of course, with the terminology and history, but also in the assumption that a
by dspeyer 15y ago
Is it just me, or does this author have no understanding of hackerdom? Starting, of course, with the terminology and history, but also in the assumption that a staged model will always produce a better design than rapid iteration and refactoring.
- bernardlunn 15y agoGuilty as charged your honor! But I do understand punk culture ie just do it, end result matters more than credentials. Any relation? But I do NOT believe in a staged/waterfall model. It is not an either/or. Or at least some people hope there is something that avoids the perils of each,\.
- dspeyer 15y agoIf you're interested, I think PG's "Hackers and Painters" (http://www.paulgraham.com/hp.html http://www.paulgraham.com/hp.html) does a good job of expressing the concept, and "The Power of the Marginal" (http://www.paulgraham.com/marginal.html http://www.paulgraham.com/marginal.html) has some good insights. Also of interest is ESR's "Basics of the Unix Philosophy" (http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/taoup/html/ch01s06.html http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/taoup/html/ch01s06.html) which gives some idea of how to produce quality code as you go, without separating out architecture.