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I think we're from different worlds, from your profile it's seems you don't work on e-commerce and sass, which is what I'm referring to. Though admittedly I did

I think we're from different worlds, from your profile it's seems you don't work on e-commerce and sass, which is what I'm referring to. Though admittedly I didn't open with that! Just like I can't imagine the true depth of complexity of game/3d development having dabbled making games in unity, I'm not sure you understand just how complex a sass/enterprise site can get, it's usually issues with actually organising the code that gets you, rather than the code itself. Your example of i18n is actually quite telling, having internationalized a couple of sites that's actually a fairly simple organizational problem in our codebases, comparatively not really complex at all, just tedious.

bsenftner 6y ago
I authored a moderately large (scaled for global use) e-commerce / webapp / webAPI, as well as operated as a tech architect + MBA for a number of web startups. I have a pretty good idea of the complexity, architecture variations, and bottlenecks. My example intended to reference more than i18n, as that only covers the interface. Consider something like an online international university where there is media, but that media varies with 8 different languages, so each and every aspect of any presentation needs to accommodate variable length text fields, left and right and vertical directions of text display, every media clip varies in length due to language, and multi-language users can switch display mode at will. I've done projects like this, over a dozen, and it's quite the challenge.
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- mattmanser 6y ago
  I've never heard a positive thought about anyone who describes themselves as an "architect" in the industry.
  - bsenftner 6y ago
    When hired by a "tech" startup with no technologists in their team, I call myself an architect to separate myself so they don't think I am going to be writing their code directly. Typically, such "startups" only last a quarter, because they have no experience working in tech, but I can guide them so they don't die in a quarter by providing them with a "how to be a technology developer blueprint" that tends to be received like the holy grail.

bsenftner 6y ago

I authored a moderately large (scaled for global use) e-commerce / webapp / webAPI, as well as operated as a tech architect + MBA for a number of web startups. I have a pretty good idea of the complexity, architecture variations, and bottlenecks. My example intended to reference more than i18n, as that only covers the interface. Consider something like an online international university where there is media, but that media varies with 8 different languages, so each and every aspect of any presentation needs to accommodate variable length text fields, left and right and vertical directions of text display, every media clip varies in length due to language, and multi-language users can switch display mode at will. I've done projects like this, over a dozen, and it's quite the challenge.

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mattmanser 6y ago
I've never heard a positive thought about anyone who describes themselves as an "architect" in the industry.
- bsenftner 6y ago
  When hired by a "tech" startup with no technologists in their team, I call myself an architect to separate myself so they don't think I am going to be writing their code directly. Typically, such "startups" only last a quarter, because they have no experience working in tech, but I can guide them so they don't die in a quarter by providing them with a "how to be a technology developer blueprint" that tends to be received like the holy grail.