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Yep, validation is key. The smartest thing I've heard on this, which has reoriented how I think about this is that the objective function of a piece of software
by sanderjd 6mo ago
Yep, validation is key. The smartest thing I've heard on this, which has reoriented how I think about this is that the objective function of a piece of software is now more important to get right than the implementation.
- dspillett 6mo ago> the objective function of a piece of software is now more important to get right than the implementation That has always been the case. That is why weeks or even months of programming and other project busy work could replace a couple of days of time getting properly fleshed out requirements down.
- sanderjd 6mo agoAgreed, it has always been the case. But I've never thought of it that way so explicitly. And I might argue that the important distinction is that the objective function is programmatically verifiable (which the word "requirements" has not always implied).
- andai 6mo agoTurns out what was being rewarded all along is "the code looks all right" and "it looks like it works".
- sanderjd 6mo agoNo, what is rewarded is "the code has been shown to conform to the given objective function" and especially "that objective function is a good representation of what we are trying to accomplish with this code".