Source is the new binary. Specs and requirements are where the engineering is happening now. Of course, this was anticipated in 1971 with the creation of the very successful PRIDE methodology, but it's taken a few decades, and a complete devaluation of their profession due to AI, for programmers to catch up.

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pmontra 2 hours ago | parent [-]

This PRIDE? https://cio-wiki.org/wiki/PRIDE_Methodology

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homarp 2 hours ago | parent [-]

PRIDE is the registered trademark of M. Bryce & Associates (MBA)

https://www.modernanalyst.com/Resources/News/tabid/177/ID/50...

and https://web.archive.org/web/20240422044352/http://www.phmain...

https://patch.com/florida/palmharbor/50-years-pride has the meaning "an acronym for "PRofitable Information by DEsign - through phased planning and control."

	▲	bitwize 4 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		This is the PRIDE I meant. It's hard to tell if MBA (more recently, M&JB Investment Company) is still a going concern. Milt Bryce's son Tim was keeping the lights on but he died of cancer at the end of 2023.