> I 'm currently of the opinion that humans should be laser focused on the data model
replyyes. good programmers talk about data structures, bad programmers talk about code
How do you even converge on the right data model without refining code? Elegant code and elegant data model are the exact same thing!
replyIt's called "systems analysis". Programmers are generally pretty terrible at it because it requires holistic, big-picture thinking. But it used to take up the bulk of the design activity for a new enterprise system.
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