Comments on: Cargo Cults and Dharma Transmission http://avdi.org/devblog/2010/02/08/cargo-cults-and-dharma-transmission/ "...the three great virtues of a programmer: laziness, impatience, and hubris." -- Larry Wall Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:19:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Peter Jaros http://avdi.org/devblog/2010/02/08/cargo-cults-and-dharma-transmission/comment-page-1/#comment-981 Peter Jaros Sun, 14 Feb 2010 22:31:51 +0000 http://avdi.org/devblog/?p=450#comment-981 I never really got the SOLID principles until I started working on my current project. I'd drunk the kool-aid, but it was pure dogma. This project is *huge*, and it's incredibly easy to write horrible code. The techniques we use to avoid brittle, cumbersome code turn out to be the SOLID principles. Go figure.<br><br>Direct transmission is good, but direct transmission through object lesson is even better. I never really got the SOLID principles until I started working on my current project. I'd drunk the kool-aid, but it was pure dogma. This project is *huge*, and it's incredibly easy to write horrible code. The techniques we use to avoid brittle, cumbersome code turn out to be the SOLID principles. Go figure.

Direct transmission is good, but direct transmission through object lesson is even better.

]]> By: Peter Jaros http://avdi.org/devblog/2010/02/08/cargo-cults-and-dharma-transmission/comment-page-1/#comment-829 Peter Jaros Sun, 14 Feb 2010 14:31:51 +0000 http://avdi.org/devblog/?p=450#comment-829 I never really got the SOLID principles until I started working on my current project. I'd drunk the kool-aid, but it was pure dogma. This project is *huge*, and it's incredibly easy to write horrible code. The techniques we use to avoid brittle, cumbersome code turn out to be the SOLID principles. Go figure.<br><br>Direct transmission is good, but direct transmission through object lesson is even better. I never really got the SOLID principles until I started working on my current project. I'd drunk the kool-aid, but it was pure dogma. This project is *huge*, and it's incredibly easy to write horrible code. The techniques we use to avoid brittle, cumbersome code turn out to be the SOLID principles. Go figure.

Direct transmission is good, but direct transmission through object lesson is even better.

]]> By: Alexandre "Zandao" Drummond http://avdi.org/devblog/2010/02/08/cargo-cults-and-dharma-transmission/comment-page-1/#comment-824 Alexandre "Zandao" Drummond Wed, 10 Feb 2010 07:26:14 +0000 http://avdi.org/devblog/?p=450#comment-824 "Maybe some understandings can only be effectively passed by direct transmission."<br><br>I think that's exactly what the software craftsmanship guys are doing. BTW I would like to see more "Coding dojos" out there, all around the globe, proliferating this kind of person-to-person practices. “Maybe some understandings can only be effectively passed by direct transmission.”

I think that's exactly what the software craftsmanship guys are doing. BTW I would like to see more “Coding dojos” out there, all around the globe, proliferating this kind of person-to-person practices.

]]> By: Mike Subelsky http://avdi.org/devblog/2010/02/08/cargo-cults-and-dharma-transmission/comment-page-1/#comment-823 Mike Subelsky Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:07:06 +0000 http://avdi.org/devblog/?p=450#comment-823 This reminds me of Chad Fowler's "try to be the worst guy in whatever band you're in" - if you work somewhere with people that are more experienced than you, you are likely to get more dharma transmissions... This reminds me of Chad Fowler's “try to be the worst guy in whatever band you're in” – if you work somewhere with people that are more experienced than you, you are likely to get more dharma transmissions…

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