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A friend of mine from an earlier consulting gig just sent me an e-mail about his current gig:
Imagine taking ten trillion lines of arbitrary Java code, using every J2EE API and open-source framework ever invented. Ever. And then mix it all together in a big bag. Dump it all onto the floor. Then draw 17 parallel lines through the wreckage. Call each section of wreckage a “layer”. Now find everyone who ever knew anything about what the big bag of code was supposed to do in the first place. Get rid of ‘em. Now, now you can start fixing bugs. Or not. Turns out no one really cares.
It’s not a shot against Java per-se; it’s more of a commentary (or “rant”) against huge, enterprisey-architecturey systems that are bloated beyond belief. The only reason they stay afloat is because some poor souls still have to use the systems.
I love this guy’s commentary. I really wish he would blog.
Published: 04.16.2007 11:19:33 AM CST