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As Sandi Metz put it: You will never know less than you know now.

• eru 4y ago
  That seems overly optimistic. Knowledge can get lost. Both on an individual level and on an organisational level.
  • drewcoo 4y ago
    And you'd think someone with three decades of experience would have seen the cycle of software "novelty", ignorance, and rediscovery turn a few times. https://sandimetz.com/about/ https://sandimetz.com/about/
    • ajmurmann 4y ago
      Given the context this came from, I think it was about how to model a particular problem in the context of a current project, not an absolute statement.
  • ajmurmann 4y ago
    Having worked a lot on a 20+ year old code base I definitely appreciate your point. I think the time frame in the context the quote came from is more limited though with the point being that if you can delay an important design decision/lock-in till next sprint or month, do it.
    • eru 4y ago
      Oh, definitely. And I appreciate the sentiment. Also you might want to fight against forgetting by writing things down. Both individually and as an organisation.