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It's good enough for government work! I agree with the author's call to action though: "As engineers, we can, and should, and will do better. We can have bett
by datadrivenangel 3y ago
It's good enough for government work!
I agree with the author's call to action though:
"As engineers, we can, and should, and will do better. We can have better tools, we can build better apps, faster, more predictable, more reliable, using fewer resources (orders of magnitude fewer!). We need to understand deeply what we are doing and why. We need to deliver: reliably, predictably, with topmost quality. We can—and should–take pride in our work. Not"
- commandlinefan 3y ago> We can have better tools, we can build better apps, faster, more predictable, more reliable, using fewer resources Not if we have project managers we can't.
- francisofascii 3y agoRight. Many of my performance enhancements added by caring Devs are kept secret from the PMs, because they are out of scope, don't have tickets, and/or may increase complexity.
- kemiller2002 3y agoWell then, thank god we got rid of them with Agile and inserted Product Owners in their place.
- BowBun 3y agoA complaint as old as time. The problem is there are engineers who will take your paycheck and build crappier software more quickly, because there's barely any quality regulation for software. That's the difference between software and other traditional engineering disciplines. An electrical engineer has their license at stake.
- pbourke 3y ago> The problem is there are engineers who will take your paycheck and build crappier software more quickly You’ll usually pay them better than the engineer who delivers a better quality product in more time.
- pif 3y ago> We need to deliver: reliably, predictably, ... Every divorce starts with a marriage. Any delay starts with a planning.