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Another "The future of <thing> is what <some person> says it is" without much more than a few paragraphs of explanation. No diagrams. I don't see much of a co

Another "The future of <thing> is what <some person> says it is" without much more than a few paragraphs of explanation. No diagrams. I don't see much of a comparison between costs/benefits of alternatives. Nice hypothetical. I didn't read it, because I've seen the format before and I'm getting a bit bored of it. Whereas if it cited some other engineers/technologists, some studies, some academics, etc., then perhaps I'd be more inclined to read this. But one person's opinion? Nah. I need an aggregate of opinions to be persuaded to read another "The future of thing..." article.

hinkley 6y ago
The guy I learned about 'mis en place' from had coined a term, "retro-grouch" for people who loudly insist on a nostalgia for old technology. When the Trough of Disillusionment hits, us old farts pop out of the woodwork to say "see, told you so" whether we were right or wrong.
- burnished 6y ago
  Did you learn mis en place in a kitchen, or does it have a meaning in technology circles that I'm unaware of?
  - blacksmith_tb 6y ago
    I work in an org where it is used to refer to the prep for a release, but with sort of a wink and a nod.
  - hinkley 6y ago
    Turns out if you do skilled manual labor, the concepts translates. Bob was a bike mechanic. I don't know if he used the words, but he kept harping on us for not having our shit or tools together for a task ahead of time. When you're covered in grease is not a time to be digging for a wrench.
    - sitkack 6y ago
      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mise_en_place https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mise_en_place I think it also relates to operational professionalism and having your tools and toolbox in order ala Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman from Mythbusters. They both had very interesting relationships with order, process and tooling. I think structuring dev teams around a professional kitchen is really powerful model. All roles are critical, the sous chef, the busser, the prep cook, the dishwasher, everything.
      - hinkley 6y ago
        You can't scale without delegating. And in a crunch is not the time to work out procedures. You do that between. Yeah, it's not a bad model, and you can stretch it pretty far until it breaks.
        sitkack 6y ago
        I think the closest other team arrangements to watch for modeling software around would be theatrical performance and to a lesser extent bands. Though kitchens are especially interesting as they have pipelines, surges, lots of tasks that can be broken down into a series of steps. Mythbusters has another interesting aspect in that they came from movie production background, so wall time was really critical, you can't hold up a shooting day to get a better glue formulation for simulated flesh falling off bone. Part a thing is its structure, but the other part is how it evolves over time and its reaction rates to stimulus. Agree on the beers.
jack_riminton 6y ago
Well, it is an opinion piece
- aeoleonn 6y ago
  Clearly I arrive at this piece without the expectation of it defining the future-- I know better than to expect a pop tech piece to deliver to me a view of the future. format: blatantly unoriginal content: not persuasive, underdeveloped effort: very low value: very low "The future of" is a very bold statement. The more cliche it becomes, the more I expect an author to actually outline, in a bold, cohesive, relatively comprehensive way, their theory. Otherwise stop trying to tell people what the future will be-- it's a waste of time & attention. Sure, the headline is catchy. The rest seems like the author was simply trying to reach a certain word count and claim their cheque. --> "Future of" articles should read like a graduate academic paper-- give the future of technology the proper respect it deserves. --> Or, they should be a policy paper. Not a pop tech piece. Pop writers-- stop with the silliness-- stop appointing yourselves as definers of the future unless you expect folks like myself to come along and bring you back to reality. ____ Take this linked citation for example: "Fast-forward to 2020 and the web isn’t getting any faster" It's linked to an article by an individual who has an undergrad degree in psychology, a grad degree in IT, and is a design/UX-related employee. That's not the person I would go to for a technical, knowledgeable analysis of internet speed evolution.
  - jack_riminton 6y ago
    But he could be right Why does it annoy you so much?
    - aeoleonn 6y ago
      I'm just sick of low effort articles where the author appoints themselves oracle/definer of the future. It results in devolution of knowledge and a disrespect of the attention of intelligent people. "he could be right" -- what a waste of a statement unless it is followed up by any premise. He could right... Ok, that's a claim. But based on what?

hinkley 6y ago

The guy I learned about 'mis en place' from had coined a term, "retro-grouch" for people who loudly insist on a nostalgia for old technology. When the Trough of Disillusionment hits, us old farts pop out of the woodwork to say "see, told you so" whether we were right or wrong.

burnished 6y ago
Did you learn mis en place in a kitchen, or does it have a meaning in technology circles that I'm unaware of?
- blacksmith_tb 6y ago
  I work in an org where it is used to refer to the prep for a release, but with sort of a wink and a nod.
- hinkley 6y ago
  Turns out if you do skilled manual labor, the concepts translates. Bob was a bike mechanic. I don't know if he used the words, but he kept harping on us for not having our shit or tools together for a task ahead of time. When you're covered in grease is not a time to be digging for a wrench.
  - sitkack 6y ago
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mise_en_place https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mise_en_place I think it also relates to operational professionalism and having your tools and toolbox in order ala Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman from Mythbusters. They both had very interesting relationships with order, process and tooling. I think structuring dev teams around a professional kitchen is really powerful model. All roles are critical, the sous chef, the busser, the prep cook, the dishwasher, everything.
    - hinkley 6y ago
      You can't scale without delegating. And in a crunch is not the time to work out procedures. You do that between. Yeah, it's not a bad model, and you can stretch it pretty far until it breaks.
      - sitkack 6y ago
        I think the closest other team arrangements to watch for modeling software around would be theatrical performance and to a lesser extent bands. Though kitchens are especially interesting as they have pipelines, surges, lots of tasks that can be broken down into a series of steps. Mythbusters has another interesting aspect in that they came from movie production background, so wall time was really critical, you can't hold up a shooting day to get a better glue formulation for simulated flesh falling off bone. Part a thing is its structure, but the other part is how it evolves over time and its reaction rates to stimulus. Agree on the beers.

jack_riminton 6y ago

Well, it is an opinion piece

aeoleonn 6y ago
Clearly I arrive at this piece without the expectation of it defining the future-- I know better than to expect a pop tech piece to deliver to me a view of the future. format: blatantly unoriginal content: not persuasive, underdeveloped effort: very low value: very low "The future of" is a very bold statement. The more cliche it becomes, the more I expect an author to actually outline, in a bold, cohesive, relatively comprehensive way, their theory. Otherwise stop trying to tell people what the future will be-- it's a waste of time & attention. Sure, the headline is catchy. The rest seems like the author was simply trying to reach a certain word count and claim their cheque. --> "Future of" articles should read like a graduate academic paper-- give the future of technology the proper respect it deserves. --> Or, they should be a policy paper. Not a pop tech piece. Pop writers-- stop with the silliness-- stop appointing yourselves as definers of the future unless you expect folks like myself to come along and bring you back to reality. ____ Take this linked citation for example: "Fast-forward to 2020 and the web isn’t getting any faster" It's linked to an article by an individual who has an undergrad degree in psychology, a grad degree in IT, and is a design/UX-related employee. That's not the person I would go to for a technical, knowledgeable analysis of internet speed evolution.
- jack_riminton 6y ago
  But he could be right Why does it annoy you so much?
  - aeoleonn 6y ago
    I'm just sick of low effort articles where the author appoints themselves oracle/definer of the future. It results in devolution of knowledge and a disrespect of the attention of intelligent people. "he could be right" -- what a waste of a statement unless it is followed up by any premise. He could right... Ok, that's a claim. But based on what?