The later addition to the building is a perfect metaphor for the typical problems
of software development. The building uses a colour scheme to indicate its different basic
structures, but the routers, being a recent addition, do not fit the scheme. Can we come up
with a way of building buildings and software that makes such large-scale adaptations
possible? What would a Centre Pompidou plan look like if it was supposed to accommodate the
late addition of new basic networks?
One thing that often strikes me when sitting in on client interviews is how many candidates lack an historical perspective on software development. In a profession of "perpetual beginners", where new developers are lucky if they're exposed to old developers conversant with old ideas, it's understandable that so many of us think of what are,…
Anthropologist Nancy Munn studied the Warlpiri people from 1956 to 1958. Now, with the repatriation of her collection to Australia, a younger generation is reunited with its ancestral heritage
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Smart programmers write STUPID code because they understand that accidental complexity in software can open the door to failure in a project. I’m not physically tired per se, but more like bummed out…