A short fable of software engineering vs. regular engineering

Re:A short fable of software engineering vs. regular enginee... by stale2002 on Sunday January 10, 2016 @02:55PM (#10876873)

Exactly! The auto industry works like it does because it HAS too, not because it is better. Software design is much better and more advanced, because our industry allows us to choose better practices.

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Re:A short fable of software engineering vs. regular enginee... by catnaroek on Sunday January 10, 2016 @04:33PM (#10877305)

You know you have a programmer's mindset when you think flailing around is a "better practice" than actually designing your product. :-p

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Re:A short fable of software engineering vs. regular enginee... by OopsCriticality on Monday January 11, 2016 @03:04PM (#10882980)

I don't think we're on the same page.

> Software design is much better and more advanced, because our industry allows us to choose better practices.

I don't know what "much better and more advanced" is specifically referring to, but in the general sense, I see SDLC processes used in the stereotypical tech startup to be cargo cult appropriation from other more mature industries.

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Re:A short fable of software engineering vs. regular enginee... by redneck_ on Sunday January 10, 2016 @03:28PM (#10877047)

"better"

What does that word even mean?

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Re:A short fable of software engineering vs. regular enginee... by catnaroek on Sunday January 10, 2016 @04:17PM (#10877254)

Number of errors fixed. Software engineers fix more errors in their designs, ergo, they must be using better practices! /s

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