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by cortesoft
1059 days ago
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This sounds more like the original Chesterton’s fence than what the article is describing. The article is about understanding something’s actual current purpose, rather than just the intended purpose. What the article is describing reminds me of the XKCD comic workflow: https://xkcd.com/1172/ A system exists external to the creators original purpose, and can take on purposes that were never intended but naturally evolve. It isn’t enough to say “well that is not in the spec”, because that doesn’t change reality. |
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