korrents

Our readingWhat is a korrent?

An abstraction chosen wrongly at the start means a team can never make its software great, however good that team is.

Drawn from what Tobias Lütke said

What these subjects mean

ideas vs execution Whether the idea or the execution behind it is what actually decides an outcome, and who deserves the credit.

software quality Whether a program is any good and how anyone would know: tests, review, debt, and what a suite cannot cover.

When does an abstraction help, and when does it hurt?under our view: Duplication is cheaper than the wrong abstraction, so wait for real examples before sharing code

What Tobias Lütke actually said

  1. Tobias Lütke Co-founder and CEO of Shopify
    Just imagine you use very bad software and um the team that started the project decided early to use Xamarin and then they never had a chance of making this as good as all the other things you really appreciate on your phone due to this decision no matter how good they are.

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