"Design in Practice" by Rich Hickey

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jauntywundrkind · 2024-10 · Recommendation

Rich Hickey has a section on using good words, on not using nicknames, in his (as ever wonderful) Clojure Conj 2023 talk Design in Practice, [VIDEO]

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erichocean · 2024-10 · Recommendation

A good approach to making decisions in a team context (also works for personal use) is explained by Rich Hickey here: [VIDEO] The talks is called "Design in Practice" but is really about making decisions.

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jugjug · 2023-12 · Reference

Reminds on Rich Hickey ranting about touch screens in cars [1] in Design in Practice: > We do not have feature X" is never a valid problem statement. If you need proof of this you only need to look at a modern car which has a touch screen where no one said, "I need to slide my finger on some random piece of glass to a precise point to set my blower in my car while I am driving." No one has ever said that, right? But somebody did say, "We need touch screens because young people will never buy our cars." This is what happens when you are not talking about the problem. [1]: [VIDEO]

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