You mean this one: <https://knowyourmeme.com/photos/1567852-shen-comix>
replyMy favorite one:
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I've optimized my game's code and it finally runs at 1000 FPS.
--So your game is good now?
It's shit faster.
Yep, validation is key. The smartest thing I've heard on this, which has reoriented how I think about this is that the objective function of a piece of software is now more important to get right than the implementation.
reply> the objective function of a piece of software is now more important to get right than the implementation
replyThat has always been the case. That is why weeks or even months of programming and other project busy work could replace a couple of days of time getting properly fleshed out requirements down.
Agreed, it has always been the case. But I've never thought of it that way so explicitly. And I might argue that the important distinction is that the objective function is programmatically verifiable (which the word "requirements" has not always implied).
replyTurns out what was being rewarded all along is "the code looks all right" and "it looks like it works".
replySo the chimpanzees on the keyboard thing is real.
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