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> You can't compare Microsoft to your run-of-the-mill small (or even large) software shop, though. True. Your run-of-the-mill shop should have a simpler and mo
by marcosdumay 2y ago
> You can't compare Microsoft to your run-of-the-mill small (or even large) software shop, though.
True. Your run-of-the-mill shop should have a simpler and more straight-forward system.
But you seem to want the reverse.
- animal_spirits 2y agoNo one wants the reverse, I would love if my microservices were perfectly isolated little boxes with known inputs and outputs! That would make my life easier. But I don’t have the ownership over the planning process and our sales person already told our customer we’d have the new feature they asked for that no one on the engineering team knew about delivered by next sprint. It would be nice if my company planned things well! But they don’t
- therealdrag0 2y agoSo then it’s bad engineering being wagged by Sales, not some expected sane choice.
- marcosdumay 2y agoJust s/Sales/Management, because sales actually can't wag the development process. But yeah.
- Tainnor 2y agoMost of the time it's bad engineering caused by other engineers.