alt Hacker NewsIt being extreme is what makes it contrived.
It's also a requirement programmers often overemphasise due to the McNamara fallacy.
It being extreme is what makes it contrived.
It's also a requirement programmers often overemphasise due to the McNamara fallacy.
Contrived does not mean unrealistic. I have seen many extreme requirements come down on short notice. Over time, the peter priciple guarantees that there will be a middle manager that miscommunicates an agenda they dont fully understand, then push an emergency change down the hierarchy.