Re:How to Design Software Good
by tonyedgecombe on Friday November 09, 2018 @03:55AM
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I don't think you can turn it off like that. There are no Michaelangelos spending their day slapping emulsion on drywall.
Re:How to Design Software Good
by maxerickson on Friday November 09, 2018 @06:39AM
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Opportunity is not evenly distributed.
>I'm starting to feel like the whole movement for 'software craftsmanship' is making a lot of developers miserable.
Not as miserable as working on some 7 year old system hacked together without any craftsmanship. Plus if its a long term project the maintenance costs must spiral.
I think the point is that it's better to work on some 7 year old system hacked together without any craftsmanship with the belief that craftsmanship is nonsense and spaghetti code is a legitimate design pattern, than to work on it knowing there is a better way to design software.
I'm starting to feel like the whole movement for 'software craftsmanship' is making a lot of developers miserable. It's maybe better for them to realise they are not artisans, they are bricklayers. To focus that creative energy on their own projects rather than getting burnt out fighting their managers over writing 'good software'.