Dan writes about software engineering practice, technical management, hiring, and workplace issues like open plan offices.
HN commenters mostly cite the post "Broke gets fixed, crappy is forever" as a handy phrase for how flawed software and products tend to persist.
I collect links on topics that interest me, sometimes over long periods. I have a list called "Open plan offices are bad".
https://heeris.id.au/2013/this-is-why-you-shouldnt-interrupt-a-programmer/
https://www.mattblodgett.com/2015/06/just-wear-headphones.html
https://dandreamsofcoding.com/2014/06/17/science-superstition-and-open-plan-offices/
http://nathanmarz.com/blog/the-inexplicable-rise-of-open-floor-plans-in-tech-companies.html
https://stackoverflow.blog/2018/09/10/developer-flow-state-and-its-impact-on-productivity/
https://hackernoon.com/what-happened-to-software-development-j92032w9
http://calnewport.com/blog/2016/10/09/is-facebooks-massive-open-office-scaring-away-developers/
https://www.prdaily.com/report-u-s-workers-hate-open-office-spaces/
https://www.citylab.com/design/2018/08/the-case-for-rooms/563216/
https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20191115-office-noise-acceptable-levels-personality-type
https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2006/07/30/private-offices-redux/
Just... could you click a little quieter, please?
So, we've got:
Cunningham's Law: "the best way to get the right answer on the internet is not to ask a question; it's to post the wrong answer" [1]
"Broke gets fixed, crappy is forever" [2]
I feel like there should be a third but that's what i've got.
[1] http://fed.wiki.org/journal.hapgood.net/cunninghams-law/forage.ward.fed.wiki.org/cunninghams-law
[2] https://dandreamsofcoding.com/2013/05/06/broke-gets-fixed-crappy-is-forever/
"Broken gets fixed; crappy lasts forever"
http://dandreamsofcoding.com/2013/05/06/broke-gets-fixed-crappy-is-forever/