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		prospero 11 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Meta-analysis of three different notions of softwa... Show me a software developer who isn’t an end user for someone else’s code.

wtetzner 11 months ago | [–]

This feels like it missed the point.

Hickey's approach is relevant in how the software is constructed, and Tellman's is relevant to the user experience. Both approaches are useful for a single application.

prospero 11 months ago | [–]

My point is that the creator/user dichotomy exists at every level of software.

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