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dataviz1000 8 hours ago

I did not see Boyd’s Law of Iteration [0]

"In analyzing complexity, fast iteration almost always produces better results than in-depth analysis."

Boyd invented the OODA loop.

[0]https://blog.codinghorror.com/boyds-law-of-iteration/

Silamoth 6 hours ago | parent | next [-]

That’s such a good one! I wish more people understood this. It seems management and business types always want some upfront plan. And I get it, to an extent. But we’ve learned this isn’t a very effective way to build software. You can’t think of all possible problems ahead of time, especially the first time around. Refactoring to solve problems with a flexible architecture it better than designing yourself into a rigid architecture that can’t adapt as you learn the problem space.

devsda 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I think taking Boyd's law to the extreme is how some folks end up with sprints lasting 1 week or less.

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