Comments on: Well-constructed != Over-architected

By: rtpHarry

rtpHarry — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 21:39:20 +0000

Agreed! Now if I could just figure out how I can join this elusive circle of developers… I read about agile techniques and all these nice things you talked about and then I sit down with my asp.net webforms page, double click an event handler and write my code into it! Maybe I just suck but I am having a problem making the jump from theory to practice.

By: Michael Levy

Michael Levy — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 13:11:55 +0000

Agreed. This message needs to be communicated more often.

By: Craig Cavalier

Craig Cavalier — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 22:08:56 +0000

Well said Scott. Just because I have a hammer, it doesn’t mean everything is a nail, and just because I have a tool belt, doesn’t mean i’m going to use every tool for every job. Keep up the good work.

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 20:52:05 +0000

Scott,

You are more of a rarity than you know in this business. Unfortunately, there is a very large percentage of the C# community that would attempt to build the Winchester Mystery House.

I used to think that the most dangerous type of developer was the one that didn’t know anything, now I’m starting to think that it’s the one that knows too much, but doesn’t know how to apply it. The former isn’t setting company policy or designing architecture, they’re just watching the clock and cashing paychecks. The latter, the one who knows to much but lacks experience is the one over designing everything and getting you in much worse trouble than the former ever could.

By: Marcus Bratton

Marcus Bratton — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 15:49:22 +0000

I think it would be better if it was made completely out of duct tape. And maybe some WD-40.

By: Anon

Anon — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 08:28:44 +0000

Surely your dog house would be better if it was held together with duct tape