Re:Manifesto for Minimalist Software Engineers
by TheUndead96 on Monday November 07, 2022 @04:06AM
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I find the idea of a manifesto in software quite off-putting, since it is inherently idealogical. The ideology itself might have redeeming factors, but I think that it is a poor vehicle for conveying ideas. This manifesto is written in the first-person ("There's something I call fixing a bug by sedimentation"), but it is trying to be universal. If this person has opinions on software engineering, why not just voice those as an individual?
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Re:Manifesto for Minimalist Software Engineers
by xphx on Monday November 07, 2022 @09:23AM
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> If this person has opinions on software engineering, why not just voice those as an individual?
That is what the author is doing. There is no functional difference between them saying "Guys, IMO this is the best way of doing stuff" and "O People of the Earth, come and heare my crede!"
Wikipedia: "A manifesto is a published declaration of the intentions, motives, or views of the issuer, be it an individual [or group.] A manifesto usually accepts a previously published opinion [...] or promotes a new idea with prescriptive notions for carrying out changes the author believes should be made."