This completely disregards the methods that brought us the most successful software ever written, which we all rely upon and which the world rely upon to function.
The points do "soften up" but it starts with this, at number one:
1. Every good work of software starts by scratching a developer's personal itch.
Ego.
> "We are living in the age of narcissistic personality disorder"
With a picture of the man who revolutionized EV vehicles, worldwide. Who created a company that sends rockets into spaces and then... freaking catches the booster down to the centimeter with giant chopsticks... And who created StarLink. And all this in record time.
If he considers Musk has narcissistic personality disorder then the world needs way more of those people.
How can seriously write about methodology and criticize the one person (if there's only one to pick) who has a proven track record showing he masters efficiency?
And I can tell you, for sure, a type of place where I go and see a lot of soul-crushed, egoless, people: public servants in inefficient public administrations.
It must be hard for egoless people to live in a world created by people with incredibly strong egos.
Linus and Theo de Raadt certainly comes to mind. And we all use and depend on the work of these people.
At some point when you see crap, you have to take a stand. Be it when you find crap at work or be it when you read crap online.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cathedral_and_the_Bazaar
The points do "soften up" but it starts with this, at number one:
Ego.> "We are living in the age of narcissistic personality disorder"
With a picture of the man who revolutionized EV vehicles, worldwide. Who created a company that sends rockets into spaces and then... freaking catches the booster down to the centimeter with giant chopsticks... And who created StarLink. And all this in record time.
If he considers Musk has narcissistic personality disorder then the world needs way more of those people.
How can seriously write about methodology and criticize the one person (if there's only one to pick) who has a proven track record showing he masters efficiency?
And I can tell you, for sure, a type of place where I go and see a lot of soul-crushed, egoless, people: public servants in inefficient public administrations.
It must be hard for egoless people to live in a world created by people with incredibly strong egos.
Linus and Theo de Raadt certainly comes to mind. And we all use and depend on the work of these people.
At some point when you see crap, you have to take a stand. Be it when you find crap at work or be it when you read crap online.