Design Process

  • List of software development philosophies .

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  • DesignProcess: Elon Musk's design process {1:22 -> 4:24} .

    1. "Make your requirements less dumb".

    2. "Delete the part or process".

      • "Possibly the most common error of a smart engineer is to optimize a thing that should not exist".

    3. "Simplify and optimize".

    4. "Accelerate".

      • "But don't go faster if you are digging your own grave".

    5. "Automate".

  • 3 ideas from the book 'Refactoring by Martin Fowler' .

    • The ideas:

      • Write code for humans to understand.

        • Make code that can be 'maintainable' and that can be changed in the future.

      • Only after 3 strikes do a refactor.

        • Do not refactor initially. Focus on the goal, leaving refactor for when the topic becomes a problem.

      • Make easy changes first, then make the complete changes.

        • This is because there is usually a lot of uncertainty, so wait to see which uncertainties will arise, without spending so much time on the first uncertainty you encounter.

    • The first two ideas are the most interesting:

  • "Fail fast"

    • Think, write notes, prototype. All of it quickly, to avoid spending time on something that would not survive in the future.

  • Game Development Caution - Fear of producing new things in a team .

    • Interesting.