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+title: "@rfleury Good software design for hardware and for its human maintainers aren’t mutually exclusive."
+type: archive
+source: twitter
+source_url: "https://x.com/willseth/status/1061984281445220355"
+author: "Will Thompson"
+handle: willseth
+post_id: "1061984281445220355"
+date: 2018-11-12
+archived: 2026-08-26
+draft: false
+tags:
+  - archive
+  - twitter
+  - rfleury
+description: "@rfleury Good software design for hardware and for its human maintainers aren’t mutually exclusive."
+in_reply_to: ""
+parent_post_id: "1061875501545865217"
+---
+
+## Source
+
+- URL: https://x.com/willseth/status/1061984281445220355
+- Author: Will Thompson (@willseth)
+- Posted: 2018-11-12 14:09:18
+
+## Branch
+
+**1/** **@willseth** ^1061984281445220355
+
+**@rfleury**
+
+Good software design for hardware and for its human maintainers aren’t mutually exclusive. There is often tension between them, which presents challenges, but both are important.
+
+## Related
+
+- Spine: [[archive/threads/rfleury/2018-11-12-in-modern-day-software-engineering-culture-there]]
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+title: "In modern day #software engineering culture, there is some sort of assumed equivalence between how source code appears and how well the program is written."
+type: archive
+source: twitter
+source_url: "https://x.com/rfleury/status/1061875500723781632"
+author: "Ryan Fleury"
+handle: rfleury
+post_id: "1061875500723781632"
+date: 2018-11-12
+archived: 2026-08-26
+draft: false
+tags:
+  - archive
+  - twitter
+  - rfleury
+description: "In modern day #software engineering culture, there is some sort of assumed equivalence between how source code appears and how well the program is written."
+in_reply_to: ""
+---
+
+## Source
+
+- URL: https://x.com/rfleury/status/1061875500723781632
+- Author: Ryan Fleury (@rfleury)
+- Posted: 2018-11-12 06:57:02
+
+## Thread
+
+**1/** **@rfleury** ^1061875500723781632
+
+In modern day #software engineering culture, there is some sort of assumed equivalence between how source code appears and how well the program is written. It's nonsensical that it needs to be pointed out, but just because something *appears* elegant, clean, or well-designed,
+
+**2/** **@rfleury** ^1061875501545865217
+
+does not mean that it is *actually* elegant, clean, or well-designed. Software engineering needs to return to being about the computer.
+
+Branches: [[archive/threads/rfleury/2018-11-12-in-modern-day-software-engineering-culture-there/2018-11-12-willseth-good-software-design-for-hardware-and-for-its]]
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+- [[archive/threads/rfleury/2018-11-12-in-modern-day-software-engineering-culture-there]]
 - [[archive/threads/rfleury/2018-12-10-a-recent-lesson-ive-learned-about-programming-the]]
 - [[archive/threads/rfleury/2024-12-18-one-of-the-most-powerful-lessons-i-learned-as-a]]
 - [[archive/threads/rfleury/2025-04-30-to-the-degree-this-is-true-its-only-in-a]]