The Duct Tape Programmer 551
theodp writes "Joel Spolsky sings the praises of The Duct Tape Programmer, who delivers programming teams from the evil of 'architecture astronauts' who might otherwise derail a project with their faddish programming craziness. The say-no-to-over-engineering attitude of the Duct Tape Programmer stems not from orneriness, but from the realization that even a 50%-good solution that people actually have solves more problems and survives longer than a 99% solution that nobody has because it's in your lab where you're endlessly polishing the damn thing. Like Steve Jobs, Duct Tape Programmers firmly believe that Real Artists Ship."
So, does the Duct Tape Programmer... (Score:4, Funny)
You can't measure Synergy (Score:5, Funny)
You can't measure Synergy man, you just have to feel it!
Yeah but... (Score:2, Funny)
even better than the duct tape programmer (Score:5, Funny)
is the duct tape manager
trying to hop in his chair to the phone, arms bound to the armrests with duct tape, screaming MMMMPH MMMMPH through the glorious dull shiny grey of...
what were we talking about?
Re:False dichotomy (Score:1, Funny)
there doesn't have to be a choice between "crappy duct tape" programming and "crappy over-architected" programming.
Indeed. I do crappy over-architected duct-taped bodgecode every day.
Re:So, does the Duct Tape Programmer... (Score:5, Funny)
...also protect you from sellers of snake oil and fake gems?
No but I have a one-line perl script for that.
Re:my employer's fault (Score:4, Funny)
Re:So, does the Duct Tape Programmer... (Score:5, Funny)
Not really. I've seen way too much duct tape python and ruby code.
Re:"Don't forget to ship your software!" (Score:5, Funny)
Hey, it's a great piece of advice if ex Duke Nukem Forever programmers read the article!
Re:WTF HAPPENED TO SLASHDOT? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Ruel of Thumb (Score:5, Funny)
Well yes, but it's me and it's usually my own code. Perhaps this explains why I keep meeting myself in the halls.
Re:True that (Score:3, Funny)
Maybe he's French...
Re:Ruel of Thumb (Score:2, Funny)
Re:So, does the Duct Tape Programmer... (Score:4, Funny)
No, that is because nothing important is done in Ruby or Python.
Re:So, does the Duct Tape Programmer... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:So, does the Duct Tape Programmer... (Score:5, Funny)
Build a Man a Fire, and He'll Be Warm for a Day, Teach a mean to build his own fire and ruin a perfectly good business opportunity.
Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life!
Re:Ruel of Thumb (Score:3, Funny)
Re:So, does the Duct Tape Programmer... (Score:5, Funny)
What!? You can have multiple lines in a perl script?