Crashing on Autopilot
summary
Claims that cognitive biases like selection bias and the appeal to novelty actively derail projects, illustrated by personal anecdotes (buying Mandrake Linux from Walmart, refusing Code Complete). Dives into concrete pitfalls: rediscovering MVC in PHP, an ORM save triggers many implicit SQL operations that break the simplification contract, and how shared pattern names mask missing shared definitions. Offers concrete remedies: spot autopilot shortcuts, stop using words like "obviously," and instrument where persistence actually happens.
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chapters (12)
- 0:00Intro
- 0:28Managing Complexity
- 0:47Linux on the Desktop
- 1:35Cognitive Biases
- 2:07The talkative design
- 2:47A danger of shared vocabulary
- 2:57Theorem
- 3:31Patterns
- 3:44Shared Understanding
- 4:24Quest for Novelty
- 5:14Mental Shortcuts
- 6:45Conclusion
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