alt Hacker NewsAnd that cavalier attitude to complexity is literally the cause of so many issues with software engineering. An aircraft engine is almost simple compared to a multimillion line codebase.
And that cavalier attitude to complexity is literally the cause of so many issues with software engineering. An aircraft engine is almost simple compared to a multimillion line codebase.
The attitude with belief that software work cannot be compared with any other work in other domains, is not going to help. There are far more complex projects out there. Complexity is not feature limited to the work artifacts. It could arise from overall context - funding, worker issues, climate, raw material, political factors, technical issues. But still, estimates can't be avoided.