I’ve seen people give talks about systems I have knowledge of. What they present might most kindly be called “aspirational.”https://twitter.com/jessfraz/status/1136807617014247424 …
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The absolute _best case_ scenario for software systems is that they’re like an old house with a big family living in it - clean & functional enough in the main spaces everyone uses, but lots of marginal spaces, hard to keep clean, where odds & ends accumulate.
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And that one kid’s bedroom...


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When you have guests over, of course you just show them the main living areas! Nobody wants a tour of the unfinished basement, or the deep narrow closets you can’t keep tidy, or the bathroom tacked on where plumbing was most convenient & and the fewest walls had to be opened.
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And as with homes, the serious problems may require some expensive excavation.
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