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What he doesn't emphasize is the directionality of this phase transition. It's really easy to add one more string, but staring at the resulting button-thread ag
by pbw 13y ago
What he doesn't emphasize is the directionality of this phase transition. It's really easy to add one more string, but staring at the resulting button-thread agglomeration it's very difficult to know what string to cut. This is why there is a never ending stream of new projects started to solve the same problems over and over. Their authors covet the opportunity to make progress during the honeymoon period, before the Sisyphean battle against software entropy sets in.
- mtwestra 13y agoI agree completely - once you're on the wrong side of the transition, it is hard to go back
- beat 13y agoMore importantly, it's not worth going back. At a certain point, it becomes actually less work to start over than to try to cut that Gordian Knot. The problem then is when business logic is encapsulated in the mud.