[HN Gopher] Factorio and Software Engineering ___________________________________________________________________ Factorio and Software Engineering Author : nindalf Score : 22 points Date : 2020-08-16 22:08 UTC (51 minutes ago) (HTM) web link (blog.nindalf.com) (TXT) w3m dump (blog.nindalf.com) | avalys wrote: | This week I've both been playing Factorio, and writing code for a | new application. So, lots of figuring out interfaces, | architecture and modularity, and how things will work together. | | When I change from one of these activities to the other, I have | the distinct mental impression that I'm not switching activities | at all. When I switch from Factorio to my text editor, it's such | a seamless transition, as if I'm just scrolling to another part | of my factory. | | Not a sensation I've had with any other game, or any other pair | of distinct activities, really. | | I figure it _must_ mean Factorio makes me a better coder. I | better get back to it, then! | 29athrowaway wrote: | If you want to see how Factorio is developed you can follow this | guy in Twitch (one of the Factorio developers) | | https://m.twitch.tv/rseding91/profile | arthens wrote: | As someone who's put a lot of hours in Factorio, I totally agree | with the article! I kinda guessed what it was gonna say before | reading it. | | My coworkers and I played a lot of Factorio in the past and we | always joked about it being like a programming job. I even had a | trello board for the largest base I ever worked on (I never | finished it) | Negitivefrags wrote: | I suppose, put succiently, you could say that Factorio is like | all the things in software engineering that are not writing code. | db48x wrote: | It's everything except the typing! | db48x wrote: | That's a well-reasoned and well-written comparison; I'm going to | direct people to it rather than trying to explain it myself. | | There are a few other Zachtronics games that you might like too! ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2020-08-16 23:00 UTC)