tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post7461664999936110610..comments2024-02-29T03:34:23.190-05:00Comments on Who Were the Sea Peoples?: Building software toolsgcallahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10065877215969589482noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-12224390867837186622017-05-28T19:54:53.707-04:002017-05-28T19:54:53.707-04:00Yes: for sure this can go overboard!Yes: for sure this can go overboard!gcallahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10065877215969589482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-87822846956227880972017-05-28T09:17:59.978-04:002017-05-28T09:17:59.978-04:00When they are produced and adopted faster than the...When they are produced and adopted faster than the training time required to master them, yes. C was a commonly shared tool. So was Java or XML.So is now Hadoop. But within say the Java ecosystem there is a huge proliferation of tools that I can with confidence my fortune 10 employer would have been better off without. Cannot hire people, constant fixes and versions, incompatibilities between them, etc. <br />Ken Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08207803092348071005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-76172484410069579322017-05-28T00:34:32.455-04:002017-05-28T00:34:32.455-04:00Also, that toaster is certainly not *produced* usi...Also, that toaster is certainly not *produced* using the same tools as in 1920! And:<br /><br />"I cite as evidence the continual emergence of new ones."<br /><br />Would you say the continual emergence of new factory production techniques means there are too many factory production techniques?gcallahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10065877215969589482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-474165697887537302017-05-28T00:29:35.510-04:002017-05-28T00:29:35.510-04:00Well, we certainly need a balance! But remember C ...Well, we certainly need a balance! But remember C is a "meta tool" over assembler: we also don't want to forego all such tools!gcallahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10065877215969589482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-67024717185376933762017-05-27T23:47:38.739-04:002017-05-27T23:47:38.739-04:00IMO there are too many "frameworks" and ...IMO there are too many "frameworks" and meta tools. I cite as evidence the continual emergence of new ones. The toaster you use is essentially unchanged from the 1920s. <br />I have seen projects go years long and almost 200m dollars over budget because of the insistence of using such a framework.Ken Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08207803092348071005noreply@blogger.com