tgogos | Software Engineering (1)

People have been comparing software components to LEGO blocks for a couple decades. We should be able to assemble applications by snapping together modular components, just like LEGOs. There has been progress, but for the most part we haven’t realized the promise LEGO-style software development. Integrating two software systems is usually more like performing a heart transplant than snapping together LEGO blocks. It can...