Comment by norir
I more or less agree with the main thesis although I would point out that typical software development practices in industry make this very difficult. Fred Brooks told us to plan to throw out the first draft. Industry says ship it.
I more or less agree with the main thesis although I would point out that typical software development practices in industry make this very difficult. Fred Brooks told us to plan to throw out the first draft. Industry says ship it.
That is true. Then these drafts travel, fly, and feed you. Don’t be surprised by plastic in every micron of space — it was just a draft. By the way, the first refrigerators without Freon also caused harm, but back then people were only thinking about reliability and didn’t have the resources to tackle the full scope of the problems. Now the goals have changed driven by the pursuit of profit