Boring Complexity

There are problems in the software industry that have been solved a hundred-thousand times, and will be solved a hundred-thousand more. Rather than re-inventing solutions to these common problems we should be engaging in a discussion about meta-development practices instead.

The importance of time and coherence in event sourced systems

To make a system more maintainable its temporal characteristics should mimic the way humans perceive the passing of time. Coherence should bind the past and the future through the present, whereas continuity should explain the present by the past.

Using focal points to describe code behaviour

Looking at code through the "focal points" of the component might clarify a mismatch between the expected behaviour and that what is actually implemented. Organizing code accordingly to these focal points might provide a huge cognitive benefit to maintainers.

Complex systems and cognitive strain

Zombification of the mentally ill

With the "zombification of the mentally ill" I refer to a process where those dealing with mental health issues are muted due an underlying and unconscious fear one will eventually have to face their own trauma.

The paradox of the rational mind

I'd argue that those fostering a belief to exist as totally rational beings for the sole reason they deny the existence of emotions, might in fact be the most emotional beings around. This is what I'd call "the paradox of the rational mind".