In the book “The Pragmatic Programmer” Andy Hunt and Dave Thomas applies The Broken Window Theory to software development. The idea is that your code base has a much higher probability of rotting, if you do not fix all “broken windows” (poor code, bad design) as fast as possible. The Pragmatic Programmer suggests you should fix broken windows immediately after discovering them. This is hard to do without suddenly having too many balls in the air. In this article I will share a very simple, yet extremely useful idea on how to fight broken windows easier.
Simple websites are good websites
Posted on May 02, 2009
For the last decade or so, most popular websites have had a vast quantity of features. Today, it seems the opposite is gradually becoming a reality. And with good reason. So, if you have not already, prepare for simplification!
