Grow it like a tree

#1

Post by gmays » Tue, Aug 23, 2022, 2:12 PM UTC

Re: Grow it like a tree

#2

Post by beckingz » Tue, Aug 23, 2022, 2:30 PM UTC

Fred Brooks observed that all successful large software projects were grown, not built.

#3

Post by moffkalast » Tue, Aug 23, 2022, 2:34 PM UTC

beckingz wrote: post #2

Fred Brooks observed that all successful large software projects were grown, not built.

Must be what the seed capital is for...

#4

Post by daniel-cussen » Tue, Aug 23, 2022, 2:34 PM UTC

Water it with your blood.

#5

Post by colordrops » Tue, Aug 23, 2022, 2:36 PM UTC

I don't know, I've heard of "growth hackers" over and over but never "construction hackers".

#6

Post by paxys » Tue, Aug 23, 2022, 2:37 PM UTC

This stuff belongs on LinkedIn

#7

Post by asplake » Tue, Aug 23, 2022, 2:37 PM UTC

beckingz wrote: post #2

Fred Brooks observed that all successful large software projects were grown, not built.

See also Gall’s law: A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked.

#8

Post by winternett » Tue, Aug 23, 2022, 2:41 PM UTC

paxys wrote: post #6

This stuff belongs on LinkedIn

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#9

Post by h2odragon » Tue, Aug 23, 2022, 2:44 PM UTC

colordrops wrote: post #5

I don't know, I've heard of "growth hackers" over and over but never "construction hackers".

All construction is hacking. Real world never accommodates the pretty plans and what gets built is at best "inspired" by the original design.

#10

Post by tao3 » Tue, Aug 23, 2022, 2:45 PM UTC

paxys wrote: post #6

This stuff belongs on LinkedIn

Wait isn't it already there?