Complexity is killing software developers

Kent Sharkey

Infoworld[^]:

The growing complexity of modern software systems is slowly killing software developers. How can you regain control, without losing out on the best these technologies have to offer?

"Killing me softly with his song"

Nelek

Complexity? Or following all new fuzzword bingo technology of the day and very few budget to finish everything within totally unreal deadlines while wasting 3/4 of the time in crappy and unneeded meetings? Don't get me wrong... I do recognise he has some points and not all the devs are unguilty innocent but... many products would be better if the devs would just get the opportunity to actually do their jobs.

M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.

realJSOP

Nelek wrote:

unguilty

You mean "innocent"? :)

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Nelek

Probably... :rolleyes: Thanks

M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.

Daniel Pfeffer

Nelek wrote:

many products would be better if the devs would just get the opportunity to actually do their jobs.

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Marc Clifton

Nelek wrote:

Or following all new fuzzword bingo technology of the day

I like to tell people, you know, this all compiles down to JavaScript and most of it relies on proxying objects. So why are using this "technology of the day" instead of figuring out what you really need and write it in JavaScript yourself, or at least just TypeScript.

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den2k88

Try designing stuff before going gung-ho with implementation on a unsupported technology / buzzword.

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