Comments on: “Anatomy of a Feature”

By: Jan Kabili

Jan Kabili — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 17:27:34 +0000

Perseverance is the purest of virtues John. Hang in there!
[I appreciate the kind interpretation, Jan. One might also point out that the definition of insanity is to do the same thing over and over, expecting a different result. ;-) --J.]

By: ValkyrieStudio

ValkyrieStudio — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 08:09:46 +0000

So when do we get to hear about this Feature X?

By: Steven Greenfield

Steven Greenfield — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 12:24:53 +0000

I especially like the times when I get requested to develop something on a crash basis. The project may take a month or two. When I get finished, the person who requested the change is on to something new. The small amount of work to get the feature into production (that someone else needs to do) can not get scheduled due to conflicts in the other group.
Yes. Software development is an interesting area.

By: Klaus Nordby

Klaus Nordby — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 09:57:02 +0000

Years ago, I was griping to a friend about something I had to fix in some project, and which only I could fix. He then uttered, mercilessly, these words of stoic wisdom: “You *will* fix it — and no one will *ever* thank you for it.”
If you can handle living with that, then, my Son, you’ll be a Man.

By: Mylenium

Mylenium — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 07:35:24 +0000

…one could argue, though, that the larger a company or a development venture is, the more “over-thinking” plus some self-cannibalization happens, a common failure of many open source projects. And then of course sometimes asking too many people will not allow you to push through the real hard decisions. You know, that thing about PICT support, which literally has you still stuck with this legacy format in one way or the other… Ask a hundred people, get a 100 different answers.

By: Mario

Mario — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 07:12:28 +0000

Very good choice of beer!! Have you guys ever thought about trashing everything and starting all over again? It helps sometimes. [Lightroom, anyone? --J.]