Ask HN: Are most of us developers lying about how much work we do?

Re:Ask HN: Are most of us developers lying about how much wo... by mikewarot on Thursday December 16, 2021 @04:19PM (#29584053)

>It's hard for me to tell exactly where this sprung up from, how it is so deeply deeply rooted.

Industrial mass production makes physical objects with incredible efficiency, once things are up and running. Because it's so effective with atoms, people think it can be just as effective with bits, and they're wrong.

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Re:Ask HN: Are most of us developers lying about how much wo... by rektide on Thursday December 16, 2021 @05:11PM (#29584694)

a nice contrast showing the difference between Ursala Franklin's prescriptive & control technologies (that orchestrate & organize) and holistic & work technologies (that increase worker power capability & freedom).

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Re:Ask HN: Are most of us developers lying about how much wo... by devdas on Saturday December 18, 2021 @12:47PM (#29606598)

Software development isn't a production problem, it's a design problem.

Software manufacturing is the bit after you compile the code.

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