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I don't know why you are getting down voted. For what its worth I appreciate the analysis. I kind of feel like this post shouldn't exist without the author tak
by vikingcaffiene 6y ago
I don't know why you are getting down voted. For what its worth I appreciate the analysis.
I kind of feel like this post shouldn't exist without the author taking the time to explain his POV better than a few bullet points on a slide. The postscript kind of goes there but its not enough IMO. What we are left with here reduces whatever his point is to a few reductive statements that probably over simplify his arguments and leave the rest of us either nodding emphatically or shaking our heads in disgust because its just generalized enough to confirm any pre-existing bias we already have. In other words this wont change any minds.
I guess the one good thing to come out of reading this is that I'll pick up that "Pattern Language" book and give it a read. Perhaps this post will gain some value in retrospect with that context.
- mjd 6y ago> I kind of feel like this post shouldn't exist without the author taking the time to explain his POV better than a few bullet points on a slide. I agree. It was a five-minute throwaway talk. Here's the same guy writing a better article on a related subject: [Design Patterns of 1972](https://blog.plover.com/prog/design-patterns.html https://blog.plover.com/prog/design-patterns.html)
- nocman 6y agoHi Mark! I love how you say "Here's the same guy..." like it was someone other than yourself. I was going to point out that the beginning of the article says that this was a "five minute long talk" given at YAPC, and did not represent your complete thoughts on the matter. But you saved me the trouble. :-D (edited for unintentional formatting)
- quantified 6y agoI get surprising downvotes a lot. Well, thank you for noticing!