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Ian Sommerville
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Ian Sommerville writes Home on Images and Opinions, a personal blog at iansommerville.com about programming and career. Since 2013, 7 different Hacker News readers have linked it 16 times, most often “The underwhelming impact of software engineering research”. The last post was in 2022, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers cite this blog's software engineering book pages for data on open-plan offices and the history of error-proofing like FMEA. Comments treat it as a source, not as judged writing.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
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Most-linked posts?
- The underwhelming impact of software engineering research2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2022-04-06
What Hacker News says?
Just like the cargo cult Agile pandemic peaked a few years ago, I suspect we're reaching peak open floor plans right now. The overall negative effects of an open floor plan for a significant fraction of engineers (though not all) is self-evident and backed up by reams of data stretching back nearly 40 years: http://iansommerville.com/software-engineering-book/web/work... TLDR: 100 square feet of personal space is op…
Comment linking /software-engineering-book/web/workspace/
on “CEOs Want Their Offices Back”Submitted Giving up on test-first development as a story · 262 points
HN discussionA process (Failure Modes and Effects Analysis FMEA) used to arrive at eventual error proofing in manufacturing has existed since the 1940s. There have been attempts to bring this process over to software. A quick search shows attempts in the 1970s. I am really not sure why it hasn't caught on in software. I suppose the challenge is that you need to have specifications for what the outcome should be. In manufacturing…
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on “Poka Yoke”Submitted The underwhelming impact of software engineering research as a story · 139 points
HN discussionSubmitted The corrosive culture of modern work as a story · 26 points
HN discussionSubmitted Out with the UML: reimagining introductory courses in software engineering as a story · 12 points
HN discussionSubmitted Responding to Uncle Bob’s comments on test-driven design as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Myth of Software Simplicity as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Underwhelming Impact of Software Engineering Research as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Reflections on ‘learning to learn’ as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Ian Sommerville: Further reflections on test-driven development as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Whatever happened to e-textbooks? as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Software Engineering: Looking Forward the Next 20 Years as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted What should we teach in software engineering courses? as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Can we move from software development to software assembly? as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted ‘Thin’ user interfaces: techno-centric rather than human-centric design as a story · 1 points
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