For the Development Geeks

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Developers:The Duct Tape Programmer

"Joel Spolsky sings the praises of The Duct Tape Programmer, who delivers programming teams from the evil of 'architecture astronauts' who might otherwise derail a project with their faddish programming craziness. The say-no-to-over-engineering attitude of the Duct Tape Programmer stems not from orneriness, but from the realization that even a 50%-good solution that people actually have solves more problems and survives longer than a 99% solution that nobody has because it's in your lab where you're endlessly polishing the damn thing. Like Steve Jobs, Duct Tape Programmers firmly believe that Real Artists Ship."

It's a review of Coders at Work, a wonderful read that my friend Rob (cipherpunk) shared with me. If you do or have done development work, go get yourself a copy. It's a wonderful read.