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   Éamonn (eob@social.coop)'s status on Monday, 05-Aug-2024 02:14:55 JST Éamonn

   As Ellen Ullman observed, we build computer systems the way we build our cities—over time, without a plan, on top of ruins

   All software development is iterative

   All software plans are wrong

   The only way we advance is by learning from failures

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     Johan Wärlander 🦀 (jwarlander@mastodon.nu)'s status on Monday, 05-Aug-2024 15:31:49 JST Johan Wärlander 🦀

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     @eob This is very true, and, I think, inevitable.

     Our computer systems would fare much better if we built them with this realization, learning from past mistakes, but also integrating well with the "legacy" foundation they rest on.

     Build open, extensible and resilient systems. One day your shiny new system will *be* the legacy system, and those building on it will either curse or praise it, depending on how well it can be adapted and integrated with.

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