On 15-04-22 05:06 PM, George Herbert wrote: > He does not seem to understand the harm of > complexity, and does not here appear to understand the role that singular > architects and dev leaders and style guides and code standards can have.
I'm pretty sure I disagree with this. Any system will begin to show emergent complexity past a certain size or scope, and no amount of precise architecture can prevent it. A good architecture team, style guides and code standard are all beneficial in that they push what 'certain size' is further, and helps mitigate the effects of increasing complexity so that it remains more managable - but they do not prevent either. No matter how well designed, any system will exponentially diverge from expectations and show emergent behaviour as the number of interacting component grows. That is an inevitable reality, no matter how insightful the project lead or how stringent the process. -- Marc _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
