Re:Being OK with not being extraordinary
by no_wizard on Tuesday August 25, 2020 @01:19AM
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Better take, to add in to this:
My unique (well one of) internalized properties I have is having a keen eye for good problem to technology fit. Steve Jobs said it best with
“start with the experience and work backwards toward the technology”
In another words, it’s extremely valuable to be able to understand when you can re use an existing tool (in this case, existing code) to achieve the result, which is different from trying to shoehorn your existing code to fix/improve/add a feature to an existing problem space or product domain.
That’s the real key, to me, in a nutshell
(And why I almost never buy in on complete re writes)
My unique (well one of) internalized properties I have is having a keen eye for good problem to technology fit. Steve Jobs said it best with
“start with the experience and work backwards toward the technology”
In another words, it’s extremely valuable to be able to understand when you can re use an existing tool (in this case, existing code) to achieve the result, which is different from trying to shoehorn your existing code to fix/improve/add a feature to an existing problem space or product domain.
That’s the real key, to me, in a nutshell
(And why I almost never buy in on complete re writes)