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Software should fulfill its requirements and do nothing more.
by voidfunc 2y ago
Software should fulfill its requirements and do nothing more.
- _V_ 2y ago[flagged]
- kalleboo 2y agoThis is Hacker News, not IBM Suits News
- hulitu 2y ago> Software should fulfill its requirements and do nothing more. And shall be _tested_ _before_ delivery. I know, it's expensive ... /s
- PetahNZ 2y agoHave you never worked for anyone before? The software I make is always expected to do more than what the requirements stated.
- anthk 2y agoNot a great motto for Emacs (ORG-Mode, Calc, Info reader, Doctor, IRC, Web, directory browser/editor, shell, games, email, NNTP, text adventures, SSH/FTP/whatever integration...) or Nyxt (complex functions for bookmarking and making discrete-math like graphs on info, scrapping features, shortcut keys for links, and so on.)
- nasmorn 2y agoResistance is futile
- mistercheph 2y agoMy requirement for all software: make me smile :) Requirement fulfilled, under budget too :))
- scbrg 2y agoIn this case, it did. The requirement is clearly specified in the top answer: if you invoke man after midnight it should print "gimme gimme gimme", because of the Abba song called "Gimme gimme gimme a man after midnight" You might not agree that that's a good requirement. Others' requirements aren't always aligned with yours :)