Toots from 2022-12-03

“One of the hardest problems in software engineering is getting multiple people to have a suffi…

“One of the hardest problems in software engineering is getting multiple people to have a sufficient understanding of some technical aspect, like the actual problem being solved, or a proposed solution. This is ostensibly the only real goal of technical writings.”

https://surfingcomplexity.blog/2022/11/24/writing-docs-well-why-should-a-software-engineer-care/

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‘“After wiping the tears from his eyes, I tried to refocus the conversation the best way I kn…

‘“After wiping the tears from his eyes, I tried to refocus the conversation the best way I knew how. I asked the most powerful question you can ask an engineer: “What problem are you trying to solve?”

He responded, “How to convince my boss to hire more people!”

“Yes,” I replied, “but what problem are you trying to solve?"’

https://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=3570920