mitsuhiko
November 16, 2024, 8:26pm
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H. Vetinari:
This may be a bit out of left field, but it sounds very much like the “virtuous collapse” phase after reaching the peak of complexity. These terms come from a recent keynote by the principal language architect of Java[1] , whose thrust is general enough to apply here as well.
In other words, this process should be embraced, even though it feels like “giving up” hard-won design work. It leads to a much better place longterm. I really recommend to check it out.
Hard problems should be solved, but hard problems also take time. In the same keynote you can also see that they did not have a problem with it taking a decade to solve a problem. Slow is smooth and smooth is fast.
I have started a new topic for the dynamic metadata brainstorming: Brainstorming: Elliminating Dynamic Metadata
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