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Engineering is the process of planning and implementing the simplest thing that works within given constraints. There is no planning, implementing, or constrai
by cluckindan 8mo ago
Engineering is the process of planning and implementing the simplest thing that works within given constraints.
There is no planning, implementing, or constraint here.
- Xirdus 8mo agoIf engineering is about implementing the simplest thing then why do we call implementing the most complicated thing overengineering and not underengineering?
- skeledrew 8mo agoSounds like it's time for the "engineering" definition to get a modern update.
- ithkuil 8mo agoThere is "engineering, the discipline", "engineering, the process", "engineering, the vocation, the career path, the learning process" (and many more). Each hat an engineer wears (based on age and context (has its peculiar aspects which might appear to be contradictory with other phases and not all people walked and thrived through all the phases.
- ethbr1 8mo ago> There is no planning, implementing, or constraint here. That's because most AI use is reverse engineering! Resolving static into a valid problem through the sheer force of squinting at it long enough!