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No human understands how Windows works. The number of products where a human understands the whole thing is small.
by charcircuit 10mo ago
No human understands how Windows works. The number of products where a human understands the whole thing is small.
- mrtesthah 10mo agoThat's a false analogy. Product managers, designers, API implementers, kernel developers, etc. all understand what they're building and how that fits into a larger picture.
- charcircuit 10mo agoThey may know the area they are responsible for, but they don't know all of the details of everything else and just have to trust that other people are doing the right thing and following contracts correctly. It doesn't require anyone to have full global understanding. Having local experts is good enough.
- mrtesthah 10mo agoLocal experts still need to have a shared mental model of how what they’re building fits into the overall system.