Hi Peter, On Fri, Jul 24, 2015 at 1:04 PM, Peter Uhnák <i.uh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Alex, would you be able to show something with Roassal? It would be really >> nice to see the overall git history graph overlaid with the graph of the >> history of the selected package. >> > > Interesting that if someone else needs it I have no problem writing > Roassal scripts etc, but when I need it I don't even think of using Roassal > to actually solve my problems... > > You nailed an important point here. In humane assessment I distinguish between two roles: stakeholder and facilitator. Theoretically, these can both be fulfilled by the same person at the same time, but this often proves to be strangely difficult. I noticed this issue when I fixed a rather funny Glamour bug that haunted us for more than 6 months, until I finally figured it out by building a visualization that took 1h of effort: http://www.humane-assessment.com/blog/chasing-rogue-announcements/ Reasoning about software systems is more tricky than we think. I believe there are two dimensions at play: - Getting tools to be cheaply moldable is one. This is where the history we have with Moose/Roassal/GT et co can play an important role. And we should certainly not stop at what exists. For example, your work on live visual manipulation is an important direction. So is the idea behind Telescope. And there are others. - But, regardless of how smart the tools will be, the second dimensions remains a cognitive one. We do not know yet what is the best way, but it certainly isn't how the current industry-standard-tools make us work. In our environment we now have the luxury of exploring new possibilities because the environment is so radically different (and it will be even more different). There is no other environment I know that provides this opportunity, and I believe this is the place where we can change software development. Cheers, Doru -- www.tudorgirba.com "Every thing has its own flow"
