Comments on: Writing Opinionated Software http://www.pedropimentel.com/2008/07/28/writing-optioned-software/ Ruby on Rails Evangelist Fri, 30 Jul 2010 01:55:38 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Pedro Pimentel http://www.pedropimentel.com/2008/07/28/writing-optioned-software/comment-page-1/#comment-37 Pedro Pimentel Fri, 01 Aug 2008 06:44:21 +0000 http://www.pedropimentel.com/?p=50#comment-37 @Soleone, thanks! @Soleone, thanks!

]]> By: Soleone http://www.pedropimentel.com/2008/07/28/writing-optioned-software/comment-page-1/#comment-36 Soleone Fri, 01 Aug 2008 01:17:25 +0000 http://www.pedropimentel.com/?p=50#comment-36 I don't wanna be a smart-ass, but it should be "opiniated" software, not "optionated", right? And yes, I am a happy programmer since I moved from Java/SOAP/ to Ruby/REST/Rails ! Cheers, Sole I don’t wanna be a smart-ass, but it should be “opiniated” software, not “optionated”, right?

And yes, I am a happy programmer since I moved from Java/SOAP/ to Ruby/REST/Rails !

Cheers, Sole

]]> By: Eduardo Born http://www.pedropimentel.com/2008/07/28/writing-optioned-software/comment-page-1/#comment-35 Eduardo Born Tue, 29 Jul 2008 18:32:34 +0000 http://www.pedropimentel.com/?p=50#comment-35 It is also important to note the role of the product manager in this cycle. In environments where the pressure for short schedules on "ship-every-quarter" philosophy, is hard to have time to innovate even with rails. I'd also say that while rails facilitate the creative development speeding up the boring tasks and letting us focus on what matters most, is also stimulates feature creeping and makes harder for the management team to have strong change control. Once in a while companies that have jumped in rails too early, too deep, without the proper maturity level required to deal with such dynamic technology will either learn to do it, or die trying. It is also important to note the role of the product manager in this cycle. In environments where the pressure for short schedules on “ship-every-quarter” philosophy, is hard to have time to innovate even with rails.

I’d also say that while rails facilitate the creative development speeding up the boring tasks and letting us focus on what matters most, is also stimulates feature creeping and makes harder for the management team to have strong change control.

Once in a while companies that have jumped in rails too early, too deep, without the proper maturity level required to deal with such dynamic technology will either learn to do it, or die trying.

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