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From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Greg Keogh Sent: Friday, 21 August 2020 5:53 PM To: ozDotNet <ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com> Subject: [OT] Laws of software After a full brain-busting week of trying to make things work (CSS, Blazor 3rd party components, bits of JS, Xamarin updates, etc) ... I think there might be programming laws or axioms like those for thermodynamics. My first rushed draft goes like this: It doesn't work (the initial rest state). When it doesn't work, you don't know why. Excessive energy is required to make it work. When it works, you don't know why. When not observed it will return to a non-working state. These steps cycle endlessly, but it's a chaotic system and never repeats itself exactly. I haven't searched, but someone might have already composed a list like that, probably back in the 1960s. I also observe that writing software is like wrestling a greased pig, in that it's really hard to win, and even worse ... the pig enjoys it. Greg K This message contains privileged and confidential information intended only for the use of the addressee named above. If you are not the intended recipient of this message you are hereby notified that you must not disseminate, copy or take any action or place any reliance on it. If you have received this message in error please notify the sender immediately via return email. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender specifically states them to be the views of the company.
