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If Bad Software Developers Built Houses...

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the stuff-to-read dept.

Richo99 writes "The editor at UI Hall of Shame takes us for a walk through a house designed by bad software developers. It appears Ed is getting a bit tired of really bad software designs in popular shareware titles. It is interesting because how much of a crime these apps perpetrate isn't obvious until you apply the same logic to everyday things, like the design of a house. I especially love the access to the garden. "

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  1. The Opposite House by CmdrObvious · · Score: 5, Interesting

    The first thing I thought of was how this house is the opposite of Dilberts house, which is designed by good software engineers.

    http://www.dilbert.com/comics/dilbert/duh/

  2. Re:And the heating system by computational+super · · Score: 5, Interesting
    If other industries and professions can accurately estimate and deliver product, why can't software?

    Because engineers in other industries and professions spend orders of magnitude more time estimating than they do actually building. (Once the estimating is done, the building is usually fairly straightforward, relatively speaking). We could probably accurately estimate the time taken to build software... but then they'd ask us to estimate how long the estimate would take... and then how long the estimate of the estimate... Or, we could just take a reasonable guess and just build the damned thing.

    And, by the way, no industry or profession can accurately estimate and deliver product. Road construction, satellite design, new home construction, movie production, etc. etc. are always complaining about running over budget. Software is exponentially more complex than any of those.

    In summary, bite us.

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