Re:Software development: should we stop? Maybe we should
by d0mine on Saturday November 14, 2020 @12:42AM
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it is high cohesion vs. loose coupling (old concepts that are also as useful in 2020 as ever). If something is too inter-tangled, it probably should be inside the same program/system where you can guarantee a tight fit between components.
Sometimes all you need is to temporarily connect things together, the environment is benign, and your requirements are not demanding.
But Mouser.com shows over 2 000 000 entries (over 390 000 datasheets) in "Connectors". High current, high voltage, high frequency, environmental extremes, safety requirements, ...
There are all sorts of situations where crimping wires together won't do the job. Same with text. By the same token, there are all sorts of situations where text will do the job, but people are tempted to over-engineer things.