Why software sucks-- and what you can do about it by David S. Platt

Why software sucks-- and what you can do about it



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Why software sucks-- and what you can do about it David S. Platt ebook
Page: 254
Format: djvu
ISBN: 0321466756, 9780321466754
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional


He discusses his findings with Phil, Matt, and Scott. Complexity is the single factor I would attribute poor software to. I do think software can be better. Configuration Management Software Sucks. I've also attended the "Why Software Sucks" keynote and, inspired by the keynote, I also attended the talk about instrumenting applications to track user experience. Why software sucks-- and what you can do about it. Programmer David Platt is the author of "Why Software Sucksand What You Can Do About It". "Software sucks, 80% of projects fail, and most developers are unhappy individuals. Why software sucks– and what you can do about it. The main problem is that n-th order tweakability is There are a core set of things that just about everybody needs to do. You can of course get source and binaries from the Cfengine company, but it's not my preferred way to install things and makes bootstrapping harder than it needs to be. Why.software.sucks.and.what.you.can.do.about.it.pdf. We've been accused of being lazy in the best way possible: we try to ensure we do not solve problems that do not need to be solved, and that we solve those that we must deal with completely, so that they never bother us again.

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