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Less Programming, More Typing

September 9th, 2013 · No Comments

by Dwayne Phillips Sometimes the best thing to do is put your seat in a chair, your hands on the keyboard, and type in all the data manually instead of writing software to do it. I experienced it at least half-a-dozen times in my 28 years in government: We need to track our inventory. Due […]

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Tags: General Systems Thinking · Programming · Systems · Technical Debt

Technical Debt

December 14th, 2009 · No Comments

by Dwayne Phillips Technical debt in a system builds as changes are made to the system. At some point, the expense and risk of the next change is prohibitive. This is the first post I will make about fill-in-the-blank debt. These all go back to the concept of technical debt in a technical system. Systems […]

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Tags: Design · General Systems Thinking · Technical Debt