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Thinking on this more this conversation reminds me of the new programmer who joins the team and then starts advocating we rewrite everything in Rust, when we ne
by ctoth 5y ago
Thinking on this more this conversation reminds me of the new programmer who joins the team and then starts advocating we rewrite everything in Rust, when we need to ship in two weeks. Yes, there might be a perfect system. No, we do not live in or possess this perfect system. Any reform, any positive change, needs to be based on where we actually are. Saying this is how things should be does approximately nothing to get us there. Refusing to engage with the current system does nothing to get us there. disparaging the current system does nothing to get us there. The only thing that actually moves the needle is sitting down and fixing things one little bug at a time. It isn't fun or glamorous and there certainly isn't a divisive slogan for it, but that is reality as I know it.
- crawfordcomeaux 5y agoIt's possible to envision a new systemand map a transition from old to new. Iterative, incremental design is one way change can happen, not the only way.