[HN Gopher] Factorio and Software Engineering
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       Factorio and Software Engineering
        
       Author : nindalf
       Score  : 22 points
       Date   : 2020-08-16 22:08 UTC (51 minutes ago)
        
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       | 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!
        
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