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>I think the software development industry should stop doing such a disservice to itself, and start funding more scientific studies in software development. Hm
by lsc 11y ago
>I think the software development industry should stop doing such a disservice to itself, and start funding more scientific studies in software development.
Hm. I wonder if some of the larger companies are doing that sort of thing and keeping it internal-only or using it for internal coding standards without publishing it in an attempt to gain competitive advantage?
- bunderbunder 11y agoI doubt it. And even if they did, I don't think you should expect their results to generalize. There's some evidence to suggest that the reason why studies like this so often produce seemingly conflicting results is that there aren't very many universal rules. The same practice can be helpful for one team and harmful for another based on any number of circumstances.
- tetha 11y agoIt's even in the same company. My team has very few common problems with our product teams. In fact, some of our experiences are just contrary to the product teams experiences. Overall, software development is looking more and more like a journey to me. And a journey in the polar sea is different from the journey in the sahara. Just don't leave jenkins at home in either case.
- lsc 11y agoeh, I think that there is a lot of value to standardization. Your average programmer is gonna spend more time reading code than writing it; there's something to be said for getting used to one standard style.