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Why Software Sucks

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  • 07-10-2005 8:23pm
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    aidan_walsh
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    Why software sucks (And what to do about it) - Scott Berkun
    No one makes bad software on purpose. No benevolent programmer has ever sat down, planning out weeks of work, with the intention of frustrating people and making them cry. Bad software, or bad anything, happens because making things is hard, making good things doubly so.
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    Whenever you hear someone say “This sucks” they are doing several things simultaneously: expressing frustration, experiencing shock, using criticism to mask feelings of helplessness in a cruel universe, and, most importantly, communicating the gap between their expectations and reality. It’s rare to hear people complain about things they don’t care about


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    rsynnott
    Registered Users Posts: 4,003 ✭✭✭rsynnott


    When the author doesn't know what "benevolent" means, that's not the best sign.


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    BlueSpud
    Registered Users Posts: 302 ✭✭BlueSpud


    rsynnott wrote:
    When the author doesn't know what "benevolent" means, that's not the best sign.

    You lost me with this one........maybe it doesn't mean what I thought it meant either.


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    GoneShootin
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    rsynnott what makes you say that?


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    aidan_walsh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,208 ✭✭✭✭aidan_walsh


    GoneShootin wrote:
    rsynnott what makes you say that?
    rsynnott is the author in question? :p


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    Merrion
    Registered Users Posts: 1,421 ✭✭✭Merrion


    Customer: I want to finish my work and go play outside.
    These customers are not the problem it's the ones that say
    Customer: I want to automate the work of several experienced college educated people but I don't want to ask them what they do or how...


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    aidan_walsh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,208 ✭✭✭✭aidan_walsh


    I want to automate the work of several experienced college educated people but I don't want to ask them what they do or how...
    Thats not really the point he's making though. He's talking about the users in the wild, as opposed to people you are doing a one off job for, users you won't be getting a spec from. Not that I am disagreeing with your point though, its perfectly valid on its own, just maybe not in the context of the quote you offered with it.


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