For the record, "maintaining a garden" is my preferred metaphor for software development if only because in both cases, if you do nothing, it will steadily get worsehttps://twitter.com/qntm/status/1128084802723373056 …
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Much of it is developed according to some kind of plan, but much of it appears organically while your back is turned. Much of what appears organically becomes problematic, and has to be hacked out and replaced
