Alice Averlong🏳️‍⚧️Jul 10, 2023

you know that saying about how a compiler made by N teams will contain N+1 passes?
like every big program contains a replica of the organizational structure that created it?

It's fun sometimes to see big programs made by one person, because they're a sort of inverse mold of their brain structure.

Show threadAlice Averlong🏳️‍⚧️Jul 10, 2023
linus torvalds said something like "every project has to fit within one person's brain" but sometimes the opposite is true
Show threadRedstoneLP2Jul 10, 2023
@foone
"Every person's brain has to fit within one project" sounds too matrix-y for my taste
Show threadAlice Averlong🏳️‍⚧️Jul 10, 2023
@RedstoneLP2 get a load of this loser who still wants to be tethered to The Flesh
Show threadLP🔸Light up the night
@foone @RedstoneLP2 "the project hit its MVP milestone and is shipping so we need to simplify your brain to match, we'll circle back and re-evaluate stretch goals" is the horror case there
Jul 10, 2023 at 6:19pmWeb