I think Conway's law is more interesting. It seems natural that networks of human relationships would mirror each other when the same groups of humans translate themselves into a new context.
replyWhereas the structure of technological products is a "different thing" than the human relationships that created it, it's less obvious that it would translate across that boundary.
> “structure of technological products”
replyUnless the technology is glued together with ad-hoc systems using email, slack, Dropbox, and the like. At least that’s my experience in small businesses.
Reminds me of the whole "Python is for Brahmins" stuff at Microsoft India office.
replyLooks like it was a satire? I couldn’t find any authoritative sources on it.
replyhttps://www.m9.news/social-media-viral/viral-microsoft-caste...
What? Can you explain?
replyThe was a lawsuit that they only allowed favoured castes to use Python.
replyI think it’s about software engineers, who are supposed to be impervious about effects of caste structures and hierarchy, judging programming languages from the caste lens.
replyThat is my interpretation, please don’t hold me against it
The exact quote "python is for brahmins" brings up top links on incels.is and 4chan, so perhaps OC's character is something worth dismissing.
replyThis is a bizarre reply? IIRC there was a law suit involved
replyThat's how the story goes, yes.
replyIt's satirical fiction. There was no lawsuit, just blogs saying there was.
https://www.m9.news/social-media-viral/viral-microsoft-caste...
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