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Re: by ok_dad on Friday January 13, 2023 @03:16PM (#34373292)
That's fine until half or more of the team moves on, then you have a spaghetti mess that newcomers have to theorize about and clean up.
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Re: by wpietri on Friday January 13, 2023 @06:54PM (#34375566)
I'm talking about product design, not technical design. But I don't think specifications help in the long term there, either. I think the way you get designs that are understood by both old-timers and newcomers is continuous improvement of the code through refactoring and cleanup.
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Re: by ok_dad on Friday January 13, 2023 @07:17PM (#34375789)
> I'm talking about product design, not technical design.

Even worse!

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Re: by wpietri on Friday January 13, 2023 @09:32PM (#34376795)
Ok? I'm telling you I have done it and it works well. If all you want to do is squawk about it, I guess I'll make my exit here.
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