A view I share with a small but growing number of people is the idea that software releases are experiments. An experiment needs a hypothesis, and that hypothesis needs to be falsifiable – ot…
  • gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    2 days ago

    Ideally:

    how much of this can I automate so it just purrs like a kitten for as long as possible

    Realistically:

    how quickly can I satisfy these stupid fucking product requirements without incurring so much tech debt that it makes my job soul-destroying?

      • felsiq@piefed.zipEnglish
        2·
        1 day ago

        Not the same person, but I assume they mean the release being the hypothesis (“this version will do what we want”) and people using it to be the experiments testing the hypothesis

        • codeinabox@programming.devOPEnglish
          3·
          1 day ago

          My understanding is that an example of a hypothesis, is that users want a feature. The experiment is putting that feature in front of users, or performing user research, which which then allows you to validate if a hypothesis is true or not.