Ken ScamblerMay 27, 2024
Software architecture hot tips:
- Good things are better than bad things, except when they're not
- Also nothing is good or bad
- It depends
- The answer to every question is "it depends", except for when it doesn't. It depends
- Name three things you like. You can't have them at the same time
- No.
- There are many definitions of software architecture, but none of them are correct
- There's no such thing as software architecture
Show threadAdam LettJun 15, 2024
@kenbot If you say “it depends” but don’t say what it depends upon, I have to assume you just don’t know the answer, but don’t want to admit it.
Show threaddas-gJun 15, 2024

@Adamlett To want to answer "What does it depend on?" is laudable. The problem is that the true, honest answer to that is also often "It depends." It can be conditional conditionals All The Way Down™.

Some of them might be of fractal nature.

@kenbot #allTheWayDown #turtlesAllTheWayDown

Show threadAdam Lett
@das_g @kenbot I’m skeptical that’s true. I find that a few clarifying questions and some reasonable assumptions are usually enough to provide a useful answer, if the person who provides it is qualified to answer the question in the first place. The problem is that some people are not willing to admit that they are not qualified to answer a question posed to them.
Jun 17, 2024 at 10:22amWeb