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Have you read "Paranoidi optimisti" by Risto Siilasmaa? All the big problems software wise were cause by Symbian. "Unfortunately, this was only the tip of the
by mcraiha 6y ago
Have you read "Paranoidi optimisti" by Risto Siilasmaa? All the big problems software wise were cause by Symbian.
"Unfortunately, this was only the tip of the iceberg. Siilasmaa later learned that the overall build time of Symbian was two weeks."
https://www.flashover.blog/posts/technical-debt/ https://www.flashover.blog/posts/technical-debt/
- im3w1l 6y agoHoly shit, how did that happen? Edit: it seems the compilation time was 2 days in that article, I wonder what the rest was.
- Wowfunhappy 6y agoSymbian definitely had to go. But that's why Nokia had Meego-Harmattan. It's as if Apple announced they were going to stop developing their own software, right after replacing classic Mac OS with OS X. And, instead of adopting Windows for future Macs, Apple was going all-in on Solaris. And, Steve Jobs had just stepped down as interim CEO, and his replacement just happened to be a former Sun Microsystems executive. And, Apple's investors were apparently okay with this.
- ChuckNorris89 6y agoHow the fuck can a piece of software reach a two day compilation time without raising alarm bells? Sounds like a disfunctional organization where the only goal is just to ship features continuously.
- raverbashing 6y agoThe software practices of hardware companies in the 90s/00s was precarious and tools like ClearCase createad a generation of idiots (or vice-versa and the ones that thought 2 days build times were ok were the last to leave their jobs - usually forced)