Paul Chiusano personal blog

The problematic culture of “Worse is Better”

Our industry has been infected by a dangerous meme, and it’s one that hasn’t been given its proper scrutiny. Like many memes that explode in popularity, “Worse is Better” gave a name to an underlying fragment of culture or philosophy that had been incubating for some time. I point to C++ as one of the first instances…
Points
126
HN comments
116
Submissions
1
Cited by
0 commenters

Software EngineeringSociety, Policy & Culture2014

On Hacker News

SubmittedTitle on HNPointsComments
Oct 13, 2014The problematic culture of “Worse is Better” by jamii126116

More from Paul Chiusano

All 5 posts →

Related posts from the same era