Comments on: Keeping projects small, code brevity http://e168f09.plugh.org/2009/10/13/keeping-projects-small-code-brevity/ Building Web-based Software with Ruby and Ruby on Rails Sat, 20 Feb 2010 02:50:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: john http://e168f09.plugh.org/2009/10/13/keeping-projects-small-code-brevity/comment-page-1/#comment-712 john Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:51:23 +0000 http://e168f09.plugh.org/?p=429#comment-712 <a href="#comment-711" rel="nofollow">@Ken Busch </a> Good point. You should put a comment on his blog and question his "always" -- and tell us what he says, if anything. Please shout at me if, in lecture, I make unbounded claims. I think my claims are usually in some context, usually an historical one [e.g., when I beat up on Java, I almost always mean the Java of 2000-2006 or so] or make comparisons with some evidence. @Ken Busch

Good point. You should put a comment on his blog and question his "always" -- and tell us what he says, if anything.

Please shout at me if, in lecture, I make unbounded claims. I think my claims are usually in some context, usually an historical one [e.g., when I beat up on Java, I almost always mean the Java of 2000-2006 or so] or make comparisons with some evidence.

]]> By: Ken Busch http://e168f09.plugh.org/2009/10/13/keeping-projects-small-code-brevity/comment-page-1/#comment-711 Ken Busch Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:48:18 +0000 http://e168f09.plugh.org/?p=429#comment-711 I'm not sure what to make of Ola Bini's argument here. Yes, yes, bigger is always riskier (vide Frederick Brooks, Mythical Man-Month), but it's odd to assert that it's always avoidable. It's as if his advice were "Only undertake small projects or ones where existing libraries already do most of the work for you." I'm not sure what to make of Ola Bini's argument here. Yes, yes, bigger is always riskier (vide Frederick Brooks, Mythical Man-Month), but it's odd to assert that it's always avoidable. It's as if his advice were "Only undertake small projects or ones where existing libraries already do most of the work for you."

]]>