The key insight is that this culture let us consider Radar a source of truth. The benefits are non-linear: you need to capture *everything*.
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I’ve been trying for a long time to push Omni in this direction. Everything must be recorded so we know what we’re doing.
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The benefits are so obvious to me that I am flabbergasted hen I encounter resistance. “Just do it.” “Do *what*??”
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Apple had dogmatism going for it. When you're a huge corporation, you can set policies rigidly. "You must"s are easier. :/
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Yes—if for no other reason than saving institutional knowledge. Omni sometimes forgets that it exists apart from its people.
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Yeah, Radar could form a good historical record. Culture wasn't as strong there. Many bugs would be fixed without comment.
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I hate that. Recently a coworker has been committing changes with just the bug # in the log, and just the rev # in the bug.
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Yeah, that was the majority behavior at Apple. I *hated* it but wasn't in a position to change it.