Programmers who want to change how we code before catastrophe strikes

Re:Programmers who want to change how we code before catastr... by Aeolun on Thursday September 28, 2017 @05:45AM (#15355910)

> category theory, logic programming, LISP or writing functional specs

But does it fix my problem? I'm sure category theory is interesting for it's own sake, but it won't help my boss add this extra attribute to our product, so it won't help me get paid.

Given that I've already added fifteen form fields this week, my mind is too overburdened to care much about category theory, which will have exactly zero relevance to my next week of adding form fields.

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Re:Programmers who want to change how we code before catastr... by HumanDrivenDev on Thursday September 28, 2017 @07:42PM (#15361693)

If your role in a company is so removed from the business or stakeholders that you're being assigned tasks like "add 15 fields", then IMO you're already in trouble.

That's part of a larger issue though, where we actually let non-technical people dictate technical specs to us.

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