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equality_1138 on Feb 4, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: My product is my garden

Love the garden analogy in software, especially when faced with complex systems that can't easily be managed by rigid IT project management styles.

Was reminded of another short piece going way back to 2007: https://signalvnoise.com/posts/591-brainstorm-the-software-g...

LeonB on Feb 4, 2021 [–]

You did well to retrieve that one from the memory banks! Must’ve left an impression.

I think I read it too.

equality_1138 on Feb 5, 2021 | [–]

His book, Rework, is what got me interested in his writings. I guess the short article left a mark mainly because it reflected ideas that I enjoyed from the book

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