Systems Ideas That Sound Good But Almost Never Work
2024-12-31
Steven Sinofsky's article debunks several seemingly sound software engineering concepts. He argues that ideas like 'let's just make it pluggable,' 'let's just add an API,' and 'let's abstract that one more time' often fail in practice due to the inherent complexities of software engineering. Issues such as API maintainability, asynchronous operation bugs, access control complexities, and cross-platform development difficulties are highlighted. Sinofsky emphasizes that successful software engineering relies on first principles, not blindly applying patterns.
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