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> The more freedom we take away, the higher quality software we produce. How are you measuring this?

• vouwfietsman 3y ago
  Every fortnight during a full moon. All kidding aside, obviously I don't. That shouldn't detract from my statement at all though, nobody measures anything about software. We're all in the dark. Thats actually reinforcing my beliefs: we are in the dark because software is unmeasurable because of the freedoms taken by programmers that fail to abstract or fail to be formalized. Formalizing software, and then starting to measure changes rigourously, is the first step we have to take towards becoming a mature industry. Formalization is the oposite of freedom. People think software is like art, where freedom of expression broadens horizons. This is no longer true, most software is not art, most software is buttons that make money when clicked.
  • marcosdumay 3y ago
    > People think software is like art, where freedom of expression broadens horizons Artists live by constraints. Nobody prefer a blank canvas.
    • xigoi 3y ago
      > Nobody prefer a blank canvas. Abstract art enjoyes would like to have a word with you.
      • esafak 3y ago
        Joke's on them; that's not art :) What's next, sit silently behind the piano for four and a half minutes and call it a musical performance??
    • xigoi 3y ago
      > Nobody prefer a blank canvas. Abstract art enjoyers would like to have a word with you.