There's a saying that writing software is more like tending a garden than constructing a building -- things constantly change. But the more I learn about how buildings evolve, I think this process is actually a perfect analogy for designing software

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Stewart Brand @StewartBrand · Jan 21, 2022

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Nice thread on applying lessons from my HOW BUILDINGS LEARN to software design. (I’d love to see a thread on applying software-maintenance lessons to building design.)

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There's a saying that writing software is more like tending a garden than constructing a building -- things constantly change. But the more I learn about how buildings evolve, I think this process is actually a perfect analogy for designing software

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