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Although I'm usually a bazaar man when it comes to talking about the Cathedral and Bazaar, in theory there can be some awesome cathedrals, too. A digital equiva

Although I'm usually a bazaar man when it comes to talking about the Cathedral and Bazaar, in theory there can be some awesome cathedrals, too. A digital equivalent to La Sagrada Familia, if you will. On the other hand, digital cathedrals are theoretically vulnerable to operating systems changes in a way physical cathedrals don't have to wrestle with as much (I guess maybe changing building code could be the closest analog?)

bitwize 5y ago
I worked (technically still work) with a fellow who was a real long term thinker, and kept bringing up La Sagrada Familia. He kept saying "I just want to build a software equivalent." I showed him the demo 8088MPH, which took seven years to complete. He said, "Okay, that's the software equivalent of La Sagrada Familia".
pimterry 5y ago
> A digital equivalent to La Sagrada Familia, if you will. > On the other hand, digital cathedrals are theoretically vulnerable to operating systems changes in a way physical cathedrals don't have to wrestle with as much (I guess maybe changing building code could be the closest analog?) Sagrada Familia actually does have analogous problems. When they started ~130 years ago, there was little in the way of planning regulation. In 2019 they had to go back and file for formal planning permits & licenses, and pay 4.6 million in taxes and fees to do so so that they could continue construction, more than a century after starting: https://www.barcelona.cat/infobarcelona/en/tema/urban-planning-and-infrastructures/the-sagrada-familia-gets-a-valid-building-permit_842087.html https://www.barcelona.cat/infobarcelona/en/tema/urban-planni... They also have an ongoing battle because during that 130 years of construction, somebody went and built a city block in the place where the original designs put the front door: https://elpais.com/espana/catalunya/2020-03-05/barcelona-quiere-decidir-este-ano-si-la-sagrada-familia-crece-mas.html https://elpais.com/espana/catalunya/2020-03-05/barcelona-qui... [Spanish]

bitwize 5y ago

I worked (technically still work) with a fellow who was a real long term thinker, and kept bringing up La Sagrada Familia. He kept saying "I just want to build a software equivalent." I showed him the demo 8088MPH, which took seven years to complete. He said, "Okay, that's the software equivalent of La Sagrada Familia".

pimterry 5y ago

> A digital equivalent to La Sagrada Familia, if you will. > On the other hand, digital cathedrals are theoretically vulnerable to operating systems changes in a way physical cathedrals don't have to wrestle with as much (I guess maybe changing building code could be the closest analog?) Sagrada Familia actually does have analogous problems. When they started ~130 years ago, there was little in the way of planning regulation. In 2019 they had to go back and file for formal planning permits & licenses, and pay 4.6 million in taxes and fees to do so so that they could continue construction, more than a century after starting: https://www.barcelona.cat/infobarcelona/en/tema/urban-planning-and-infrastructures/the-sagrada-familia-gets-a-valid-building-permit_842087.html https://www.barcelona.cat/infobarcelona/en/tema/urban-planni... They also have an ongoing battle because during that 130 years of construction, somebody went and built a city block in the place where the original designs put the front door: https://elpais.com/espana/catalunya/2020-03-05/barcelona-quiere-decidir-este-ano-si-la-sagrada-familia-crece-mas.html https://elpais.com/espana/catalunya/2020-03-05/barcelona-qui... [Spanish]