HW
calculaDon
power
is
higher
than
Humans
Picture:
from
Hans
Moravec
1997,
When
will
computer
hardware
match
the
human
brain?
hMp://www.transhumanist.com/volume1/moravec.htm
Till
the
Desired
Working
SoGware
(art)
Emerges
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Run
Failed
Test
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Test
Passed
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Idea/Design
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WORKING
SOFTWARE
Inten-onal
Emergent
Emergence
is
the
key
characterisDc
of
complex
systems.
In
some
sense
so*ware
development
is
a
kind
of
Art
or
Cra*
Problem
&
Programming
Idea
Code,
Run
&
Test
Review
Outcome
Programmer
Scene
&
PainDng
Idea
Paint
Review
Outcome
Painter
Digital
Experience
Creators
Visual
Experience
Creators
Cra*ing
or
Engineering?
So*ware
Development
seems
to
be
closer
to
Cra*ing
and
ArDsDc
work
rather
than
pure
Engineering
work….
…but
some
good
pracDces
of
Engineering
disciplines
can
sDll
be
applied.
Cra*
or
Art?
Just
a
maMer
of
genius
and
talent
So*ware
code
wriMen
by
humans
can
have
“beauty”
in
the
way
is
wriMen,
run,
structured
and
how
collaborate/
interact
between
its
parts
Perhaps
Programming
So*ware
in
a
Team
is
like
Jazz
Original
Dixieland
Jass
Band
Melodies
are
improvised/created
on
top
of
a
shared
Harmony
created
by
a
composer
(so8ware
architect)
Everybody
is
a
Composer
The
Harmony
(architecture)
provides
consistency
ImplicaDons
• So*ware
Composers
are
EssenDal
when
creaDng
products
and
services
based
on
so*ware
• Pure
Engineering
PredicDve
processes
and
planning
do
not
apply
well
when
creaDng
so*ware
– Is
it
agile
methods
the
answer?
(AdapDve
Management)
• ArDsDc
beauty
in
both
how
the
so*ware
is
structured
and
dynamically
runs
is
important
and
should
be
consider
when
creaDng
so*ware
– 3
key
design
characterisDcs
to
look
for
:
• conceptual
integrity,
high
cohesion,
low
coupling
• CreaDvity,
Mastery,
Talent,
and
Knowledge
of
the
So*ware
Composers
are
key
for
succeeding
in
creaDng
so*ware
– Could
it
be
outsourced?