Comments on: Designing Too Far Into The Future http://www.codesimplicity.com/archives/6 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 03:07:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Max Kanat-Alexander http://www.codesimplicity.com/archives/6#comment-28 Max Kanat-Alexander Wed, 16 Jan 2008 06:45:43 +0000 http://www.codesimplicity.com/archives/6#comment-28 That's cool. :-) Yeah, I've never read it, I might go look for it. :-) -Max That’s cool. :-) Yeah, I’ve never read it, I might go look for it. :-)

-Max

]]> By: Aristotle Pagaltzis http://www.codesimplicity.com/archives/6#comment-27 Aristotle Pagaltzis Wed, 16 Jan 2008 04:19:44 +0000 http://www.codesimplicity.com/archives/6#comment-27 In programming, everything we do is a special case of something more general – and often we know it too quickly. —<i>Alan Perlis, “Epigrams on Programming”</i> (If you haven’t read the epigrams, you may want to look for a copy on the net. Every programmer should see them at least once, preferably periodically.) In programming, everything we do is a special case of something more general – and often we know it too quickly. —Alan Perlis, “Epigrams on Programming”

(If you haven’t read the epigrams, you may want to look for a copy on the net. Every programmer should see them at least once, preferably periodically.)

]]> By: Max Kanat-Alexander http://www.codesimplicity.com/archives/6#comment-26 Max Kanat-Alexander Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:30:53 +0000 http://www.codesimplicity.com/archives/6#comment-26 Yeah, I've heard that before and it's quite an amusing way of expressing part of the concept. :-) I think YAGNI is a slightly more limited concept than everything I'm talking about, but I pretty much agree with it completely in theory. :-) -Max Yeah, I’ve heard that before and it’s quite an amusing way of expressing part of the concept. :-) I think YAGNI is a slightly more limited concept than everything I’m talking about, but I pretty much agree with it completely in theory. :-)

-Max

]]> By: Max Kanat-Alexander http://www.codesimplicity.com/archives/6#comment-25 Max Kanat-Alexander Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:29:17 +0000 http://www.codesimplicity.com/archives/6#comment-25 Hahah, yeah, I know exactly what you mean! :-) -Max Hahah, yeah, I know exactly what you mean! :-)

-Max

]]> By: Andy Lester http://www.codesimplicity.com/archives/6#comment-24 Andy Lester Tue, 15 Jan 2008 16:18:07 +0000 http://www.codesimplicity.com/archives/6#comment-24 The XP term for this is YAGNI: Ya Ain't Gonna Need It. The XP term for this is YAGNI: Ya Ain’t Gonna Need It.

]]> By: Trevor http://www.codesimplicity.com/archives/6#comment-23 Trevor Tue, 15 Jan 2008 07:06:40 +0000 http://www.codesimplicity.com/archives/6#comment-23 Max, Great article. I'm working on a project right now and find myself spending way too much time on certain aspects. I have to sit back for a minute and ask myself if I should really be doing this and if it's absolutely necessary. I guess I'm just lazy... but in the good way. I want everything to be perfect right away so that I don't have to spend much time maintaining it in the future. I've got the end goal in mind, but like you say, perhaps it is just a little too far into the future. Trevor Max,

Great article. I’m working on a project right now and find myself spending way too much time on certain aspects. I have to sit back for a minute and ask myself if I should really be doing this and if it’s absolutely necessary.

I guess I’m just lazy… but in the good way. I want everything to be perfect right away so that I don’t have to spend much time maintaining it in the future. I’ve got the end goal in mind, but like you say, perhaps it is just a little too far into the future.

Trevor

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