tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1625656052645899431.post3369436719702910639..comments2024-03-21T05:29:01.030-07:00Comments on Zen Coding: Is Software Really Like Building a House?Brian Rigsbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09217041706921143546noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1625656052645899431.post-55641142366268613942010-06-09T08:43:34.996-07:002010-06-09T08:43:34.996-07:00A long time ago i read a great article that ran th...A long time ago i read a great article that ran through a scenario where the homeowner changed the house plans on a contractor like user's change requirements on software developers. There was a great example of a really long, narrow and totally unusable living room that resulted from the changes<br /><br />Below is not the article I was looking for, but it will do. And to make it more depressing, it's a couple months shy of a 10 year anniversary since this article was written: <br /><br />http://xprogramming.com/classics/houseanalogy/<br />"You can’t build a decent house incrementally. Therefore XP’s incremental software development cannot work. Houses aren’t software. Software can be flexible and modular in a way that houses are not."Phillip Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03695021825795939722noreply@blogger.com