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by dasmoth 3374 days ago
I'm not sure I'd quite go as far as revulsion but this sort of breakdown doesn't really appeal to me, and I think the reason is that it's possible to tick most, if not all, of the boxes without actually delivering working, useful, software -- let alone something that's actually pleasant to use.

You can possibly argue that in this scheme, ability to think about the whole system falls under "systems decomposition" -- but that's just one box of many, and still doesn't quite relate to building things.

Ultimately, I guess I'd be happy to ignore any and all of these things if someone can build what I want or need.