People who think about software frameworks ought not use the same thought pattern against consumer and practical, applied software.

That’s why the dubbed “C on Rails” is outright a joke. We can’t live without embedded software, but things start to get awry when people obsessed with embedded software start dictating how applied, consumer software ought to be done.

Perhaps because I’m obsessed with applied software. Perhaps because I love prototyping, and am bad at mass-producing. Time will tell.

Factoring Estimations

By anectodal evidence, it takes me approximately 1 week to churn out a full-fledged design, but that week is often scattered within a span of 2 or 3. That means my turnaround is not “one week” but 3. Rule of thumb: multiply the budget, and the time it takes to finish everything by 3.

A designer friend of mine goes this way:

“Two monthes of cushion time to the estimation, always.”

Word.