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Explaining to business people why building software is still hard

66 points · 59 comments · fagnerbrack

  1. joshdavham · · focus · HN ↗
    This is definitely getting my favorite. I’m also going to shamelessly steal this house analogy.

    Thanks for writing this!

    1. scottyah · · focus · HN ↗
      I've been using it for years. "Let's decide where we want the plumbing to go before pouring the slab", or "let's not focus on where the couch will go before we paint the walls". Or when a 'genius cowboy dev' discovers a super fast way to get from the 2nd floor to the kitchen by cutting a hole in the floor despite all the leaks it causes and how many other people have to work around the change.
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