It's Not Software (2004)

[swah]

https://sites.google.com/site/steveyegge2/its-not-software

[krallja]

Remember when Stevey "accidentally" posted his SOA rant on G+ in October 2011? (Rehosted on Gist: https://gist.github.com/kgrz/2880883 )

A large number of these ideas are still very much alive in his head.

[darksaints]

Context, if not apparent from the article: written while working at Amazon.

[swah → darksaints]

[ot] Curious from other posts: are you Brazilian/Portuguese (your nick)?

[darksaints → swah]

I'm half Portuguese (Azorean). The name is from a parish in Angra do Heroismo, on Terceira.

[lurkinggrue → darksaints]

Thank you! I was missing some serious context.

[tlarkworthy]

I like this highlights that data is a separate important issue in the lifecycle. The software system is program + data. With web technologies the programs are the easy bit and the data is the bit you need to protect against your competitors.

The new software paradigm since this article was written is is machine learning, where the training set is also the most expensive development cost. Procedures for the collection and refinement of the training set needs to be properly designed for a long term service.

Good read!

[incision]

Jurassic is just confusing, simply putting 2004 would be a lot more useful.

[swah → incision]

Ok..