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Fire and Motion (2002)

neilv 3y ago
If the initial talk about flow and productivity is boring, skip down halfway, to the little paratrooper photo, to the important idea that's the title of the piece.
dang 3y ago
Related: Fire and motion, Joel Spolsky on struggling with developer productivity (2002) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30675480 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30675480 - March 2022 (3 comments) Joel Spolsky: Fire and Motion - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22085177 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22085177 - Jan 2020 (1 comment) Fire And Motion (2002) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14836749 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14836749 - July 2017 (8 comments) Fire and Motion - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14097712 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14097712 - April 2017 (1 comment) Fire and Motion (2002) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12222121 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12222121 - Aug 2016 (1 comment) Fire and Motion - Leadership Strategies - Joel on Software - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=159209 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=159209 - April 2008 (4 comments) Fire and Motion - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12890 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12890 - April 2007 (4 comments)
aaronbrethorst 3y ago
Modern JavaScript frameworks always make me think of this essay.
azov 3y ago
> Fire and Motion, for small companies like mine, means two things. You have to have time on your side, and you have to move forward every day. Sooner or later you will win. It's interesting to reflect on this 20 years later. Can we say that FogCreek won?..
- cowthulhu 3y ago
  I dunno, it was open somewhere between 18 and 22 years, depending on how you count. Seems like a decent feat!
totetsu 3y ago
Back when playing the bf2 mod Project reality with mad Australian territorials, an other big important strategy was setting up a killzone. Finding a position that you could fire from with some cover, and that had a good view upon an area the other side would have to move through.

If the initial talk about flow and productivity is boring, skip down halfway, to the little paratrooper photo, to the important idea that's the title of the piece.

dang 3y ago

Related: Fire and motion, Joel Spolsky on struggling with developer productivity (2002) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30675480 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30675480 - March 2022 (3 comments) Joel Spolsky: Fire and Motion - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22085177 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22085177 - Jan 2020 (1 comment) Fire And Motion (2002) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14836749 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14836749 - July 2017 (8 comments) Fire and Motion - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14097712 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14097712 - April 2017 (1 comment) Fire and Motion (2002) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12222121 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12222121 - Aug 2016 (1 comment) Fire and Motion - Leadership Strategies - Joel on Software - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=159209 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=159209 - April 2008 (4 comments) Fire and Motion - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12890 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12890 - April 2007 (4 comments)

aaronbrethorst 3y ago

Modern JavaScript frameworks always make me think of this essay.

azov 3y ago

> Fire and Motion, for small companies like mine, means two things. You have to have time on your side, and you have to move forward every day. Sooner or later you will win. It's interesting to reflect on this 20 years later. Can we say that FogCreek won?..

cowthulhu 3y ago
I dunno, it was open somewhere between 18 and 22 years, depending on how you count. Seems like a decent feat!

totetsu 3y ago

Back when playing the bf2 mod Project reality with mad Australian territorials, an other big important strategy was setting up a killzone. Finding a position that you could fire from with some cover, and that had a good view upon an area the other side would have to move through.