mikedewarFeb 23
"design, product scoping, and taste remain the practical constraints on delivering high quality software." - Wes McKinney on the mythical-agent-month https://wesmckinney.com/blog/mythical-agent-month/
The Mythical Agent-Month – Wes McKinney

Wes McKinney
Show threadTom Stafford

@mikedewar was this good, or did it just align with my prejudices?

anyway, I liked to hear an optimistic take on human relevance, and the accidental / essential complexity distinction rings very true (and, of course, nobody being able to clearly define the boundary)

Feb 23 at 7:24amWeb
Show threadmikedewarFeb 23
@tomstafford I think it was actually good! It's the first time I've seen someone articulate the feeling I've been having that design doesn't go away when you have infinite correct text, in fact it becomes HARDER.
Show threadmikedewarFeb 23
@tomstafford it’s interesting to think through design without constraint. To think about precedents. First it’s obviously nonsense, it’s just a process of revealing the next constraint. And I can think of precedents but they’re organisational: post-capital tech companies operate without restraint in a sense? But it’s weird for an individual to suddenly have such a big constraint removed. How do we respond? Are we all mini Dieter Rams now? Little Jony Ives imposing our own aesthetics?
Show threadTom StaffordFeb 23
@mikedewar I am at a remove from all of this, but if the blog's account is right then there is now a premium on design/architecture knowledge. Time to sell a crash course in agent management?
Show threadmikedewarFeb 23
@tomstafford there’s probably some solid £££ to be made there! But like: what are we all going to ask for once we can control the agents? As a purveyor of fine surveillance algorithms, do I need to develop an aesthetic, now one of the hard bits is easy?
Show threadTom StaffordFeb 23
@mikedewar i think you absolutely do!