Yeah, I've shared that sentiment for a while now, but it was the turn of phrase that pulled me in, and I wanted to know whether to attribute it to Peter or Brendan.
I turned that particular phrase based on Peter Norvig's old Harlequin-era talk.
I've also heard people say that "design patterns are feature requests", or "the kindest form of feature request", but bug or feature -- what's the difference?
