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Does Programming, Motherfucker really scale though? Every process listed is about teams of people Programming Together, Motherfucker. I've seen two people engaged in Programming, Motherfucker without Talking to Eachother, Motherfucker and the results were Disastrous, Motherfucker.

Nothing really scales. There is no process that will allow 100 hacks to make a Michelangelo, if you want a Michelangelo you're going to have to fucking hire him. If this bullshit really worked then corporate IT departments would be the envy of every startup out there. If your software is late/buggy/whatever the solution is rarely adding people / process. It's usually removing people / process. Process is what allows…

Recruitment, Douchebag.

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Does Programming, Motherfucker really scale though? Every process listed is about teams of people Programming Together, Motherfucker. I've seen two people engaged in Programming, Motherfucker without Talking to Eachother, Motherfucker and the results were Disastrous, Motherfucker.

Nothing really scales. There is no process that will allow 100 hacks to make a Michelangelo, if you want a Michelangelo you're going to have to fucking hire him. If this bullshit really worked then corporate IT departments would be the envy of every startup out there. If your software is late/buggy/whatever the solution is rarely adding people / process. It's usually removing people / process. Process is what allows…

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I'm currently tasked with cleaning up a project which no one can explain how it all worked because none of the Programming Motherfuckers bothered to write any Documentation, Motherfucker.

Is software good at amplifying or replacing people?

The idea that a system (software or whatever) of any complexity could lose every person involved in it, exist without problems by itself, and then new people could easily pick it up solely with the help of documentation is laughable.

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Code written by true programming motherfuckers is self-documenting, motherfucker.

self-documenting code only says what it does but does not say anything about what it's supposed to do or explain why

You may be right about why, but I don't agree on what. Good names for functions/methods can tell a lot. I feel like I am getting spoiled by Objective-C and Cocoa Touch APIs.

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I started LPTHW last night and I'm 14 exercises in. And I can't believe the same guy who wrote the most gentle programming book I've laid my hands on...is all about "Programming, Motherfuckers! We fucking do programming, motherfuckers!" You have achieved a zen I only dared dream of as a child.

You clearly haven't met Asshole Zed yet. :)

The only people who meet Asshole Zed are assholes. Funny thing is, they never think they're being assholes when they call me an asshole.

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Extra item on tomorrow's meeting agenda: - The PM methodology - introduction into the workflow.

Here's the workflow:

   1. Write out a list of shit to do, using software written with some programming, motherfucker.

   2. Do some of the shit, again using programming, motherfucker.

   3. Test if that shit's any good, and if not then go fix it with programming, motherfucker.
There ya go.
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