[HN Gopher] The growing complexity of modern software systems ___________________________________________________________________ The growing complexity of modern software systems Author : tut-urut-utut Score : 27 points Date : 2021-11-02 16:29 UTC (6 hours ago) (HTM) web link (www.infoworld.com) (TXT) w3m dump (www.infoworld.com) | newaccount2021 wrote: | aka the most dangerous programmers are at the "intermediate" | skill level | | beginning coders do not understand how to create complexity or | are just afraid of the pointy tools | | expert coders don't need to flex, understand the downsides of | more code outweigh the upsides | | it is the intermediate developer who will pave the road to hell | with "nice to have", "patterns", "abstractions"... | greenail wrote: | One thing I've seen is that forced prioritization can help reduce | complexity. The idea is that if you don't have enough resources | to re-invent the wheel you will be forced to think harder about | what you choose to work on. This has to be cultural and supported | all the way to the top of the organization. Counterintuitively | too many resources can slow you down. ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2021-11-02 23:00 UTC)