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    Restoring software's good name with a humble script practices cs.uni.edu
    fcbsd avatar via fcbsd 2 years ago | cached | 4 comments

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    nickzoic avatar nickzoic 2 years ago | link

    Last week, I whipped up a new Python script. This week, I demoed it to the dean and an assistant dean. The dean’s first response was, “Wow, this will help us a lot.” The rest of the conversation focused on ways that the program could help them even more. Like all users, once they saw what was possible, they knew even better what they really wanted.

    I give it two weeks.

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      vadik avatar vadik 2 years ago | link

      Two weeks until what happens?

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        flyingfisch avatar flyingfisch 2 years ago | link

        Until the software goes from simple to emacs.

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      vadik avatar vadik 2 years ago | link

      Yes! Small self-contained programs (or scripts) doing one thing. See also: Unix philosophy.