Software development topics I've changed my mind on after 10 years

Re:Software development topics I've changed my mind on after... by mmcnl on Wednesday February 05, 2025 @04:17PM (#42955288)

And how do you figure out what the requirements are? In my 10+ professional years, I have never gotten requirements by asking for them. Almost always I had to show my interpretation of what I think the requirements are, and use the feedback I got to define the actual requirements. The quickest way to get there is by iterating.

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Re:Software development topics I've changed my mind on after... by spiderxxxx on Wednesday February 05, 2025 @07:38PM (#42957490)

You don't ask for the requirements. You ask what they're trying to do, or what problem they're trying to solve. Sometimes I have to ask "where is this data going" or "what do you expect the end result of this to be".

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Re:Software development topics I've changed my mind on after... by mmcnl on Sunday February 09, 2025 @05:15PM (#42994618)

Not disagreeing here but whatever question you ask, you will only get the final answer _after_ you have implemented it, almost always after several iterations.

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