Hacker NewsWhy GUIs are built at least 2.5 times
https://patricia.no/2025/05/30/why_lean_software_dev_is_wrong.html
#HackerNews #GUIs #SoftwareDevelopment #Design #Principles #LeanSoftware #Development #UserExperience
Karl RFiend Finder is a #NativeApp #FOSS clone of Mamono Sweeper using the Gypsy #GameEngine.
As a bonus it plays classic #MineSweeper as well!
Alpha versions for Linux and Windows are available on the #Codeberg Releases page.
https://codeberg.org/wickedsmoke/fiend-finder
The Gypsy project began as the basis for the next version of #xu4, but now I'm working on making it a general purpose engine for smaller games.
Tobi OkanlawonHow did Wirth et al finish Oberon in two years? Including userland software?
I'm genuinely curious.
Matija Nalis@MyNewMinuteNewt @robdaemon @theruran Back in 32bit PC days, I loved #asmutils https://asm.sourceforge.net/asmutils.html replacement for standard UN*X utilities. E.g. its tar(1) is 1185 bytes, compared to 520K (+~2MB of shared libs) of your Debian GNU tar. Its sh (with command line completion) is self-contained in 4700 bytes, compared to 1.3MB for bash, or 123K for (tiny!) dash (both of which need that ~2MB shared lib too!) . Blows your mind!
Also, beautiful tutorial on #leansoftware: http://www.muppetlabs.com/~breadbox/software/tiny/teensy.html
Also, beautiful tutorial on #leansoftware: http://www.muppetlabs.com/~breadbox/software/tiny/teensy.html
रञ्जित (Ranjit Mathew)“The Rust Compiler Isn’t Slow; We Are.” [2020], Jay Oster (https://blog.kodewerx.org/2020/06/the-rust-compiler-isnt-slow-we-are.html).
On HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23538220
On Lobsters: https://lobste.rs/s/6y5waa/rust_compiler_isn_t_slow_we_are
#Rust #Programming #Dependencies #Bloatware #LeanSoftware #Compiler #Speed #Build
Jon Fazzaro"This is a political and technical improvement in the way of working. Where it is practiced, teams are more successful in building products that satisfy the needs of the product community."
http://agileotter.blogspot.com/2022/03/splitting-stories-resource-list.html #leansoftware #userstories #smaller #sooner
jacquelineWhy Bloat Is Still Software’s Biggest Vulnerability > A 2024 plea for lean software | @ieeespectrum / @bert_hubert
https://spectrum.ieee.org/lean-software-development
"(...) The way we build and ship software these days is mostly ridiculous, leading to apps using millions of lines of code to open a garage door, and other simple programs importing 1,600 external code libraries—dependencies—of unknown provenance. Software security is dire... (...)"
tstassin« You can't determine what is "minimal viable" without data »
The hardest part of my job, convincing clients they ask for features they won’t use, don’t need and that they are often overthinking their target audience without valuable feedback. I love this part of my job.
#mvp #leansoftware #dev #agile not so agile..
svenkhttps://berthub.eu/articles/posts/a-2024-plea-for-lean-software/ a plea for #leanSoftware by @bert_hubert. I can just second every single line.
A 2024 Plea for Lean Software (with running code) - Bert Hubert's writings
This post is dedicated to the memory of Niklaus Wirth, a computing pioneer who passed away January 1st. In 1995 he wrote an influential article called “A Plea for Lean Software”, and in what follows, I try to make the same case nearly 30 years later, updated for today’s computing horrors. The really short version: the way we build/ship software these days is mostly ridiculous, leading to 350MB packages that draw graphs, and simple products importing 1600 dependencies of unknown provenance.