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Re:Software development topics I've changed my mind on after... by skydhash on Wednesday February 05, 2025 @07:55AM (#42947832)
That’s because the few hard rules you have to comply with have workarounds and matters rarely. In house construction, you have to care about weight, material degradation, the code, etc… there’s no such limitation on software so you can get something to work even if it’s born out of a LSD trip.

But we do have some common concepts. But they’re theoretical, so only the people that read the books knows the jargon.

Re:Software development topics I've changed my mind on after... by namaria on Wednesday February 05, 2025 @10:32AM (#42949919)
I mean why should we expect software to have hard rules? Flexibility is the point, no?
Re:Software development topics I've changed my mind on after... by HeyLaughingBoy on Wednesday February 05, 2025 @11:28AM (#42950883)
No. Flexibility is a side effect. Sometimes it's a useful side effect, other times it bites you in the ass.
Re:Software development topics I've changed my mind on after... by Ma8ee on Wednesday February 05, 2025 @01:54PM (#42953330)
The rules are what make it flexible. The rules let me understand what the heck is going on in the code you wrote so I can change it. Code that is faster to rewrite from scratch isn’t flexible.