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Nov. 8th, 2007 07:46 pmWork is frustrating at the moment. I'll be glad when it's the weekend, where I have absolutely nothing planned, but at least I won't be beating my head against the desk trying to work out how to use someone else's crap code.
Computer programming is great when it's going well, like a perfect blend of art and science, craft and engineering. You get to be the architect and the brick layer. You dream up stuff and make it happen. Unfortunately when you end up having to work through and around a load of someone else's poor and undocumented code it's more like trying to rebuild a half-demolished house with a toy hammer and some electrical tape, against a deadline. Despite what some people seem to think, it doesn't have to be this bad, and there are better practices you can use to make it work. Unfortunately they don't fit into tight schedules, because you can achieve the same functionality in abour 60% of the time. It's only at the end, where you are finding that meeting feature requests twice as hard as you should, that there's an appreciation that things should have been done properly in the first place. It's a lot of stress for no good reason.
In completely unrelated news, the new Novembre album is very good, and is possibly a bit of a nod back towards the older stuff. I'm also quite keen on this Lacrimas Profundere album I got, "Burning: A Wish", which sounds a bit like Anathema's 'The Silent Enigma' album in places. The lyrics are a bit dodgy, but that's foreign bands for you. (Oh, and![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
synphony, I found a Tristania album with the word 'strenght' in it.) However, I've not bought any new funeral doom in days, so I should rectify that.
My home recording stuff isn't going too well, but if nothing else I know what all the options on my Pod XT do now. And, I've become acutely aware of the audible differences between overdrive and distortion, a distinction I've always wondered about but only now learned properly. Now I instantly spot overdrive in lead guitar tones, and know why so many bands have old-looking green pedals with them on stage. It's always good to learn new things.
To finish off, here's the Spam of the Day: "Now you can fill her vagina with meat like you fill her heart with love." Who said romance was dead?
Computer programming is great when it's going well, like a perfect blend of art and science, craft and engineering. You get to be the architect and the brick layer. You dream up stuff and make it happen. Unfortunately when you end up having to work through and around a load of someone else's poor and undocumented code it's more like trying to rebuild a half-demolished house with a toy hammer and some electrical tape, against a deadline. Despite what some people seem to think, it doesn't have to be this bad, and there are better practices you can use to make it work. Unfortunately they don't fit into tight schedules, because you can achieve the same functionality in abour 60% of the time. It's only at the end, where you are finding that meeting feature requests twice as hard as you should, that there's an appreciation that things should have been done properly in the first place. It's a lot of stress for no good reason.
In completely unrelated news, the new Novembre album is very good, and is possibly a bit of a nod back towards the older stuff. I'm also quite keen on this Lacrimas Profundere album I got, "Burning: A Wish", which sounds a bit like Anathema's 'The Silent Enigma' album in places. The lyrics are a bit dodgy, but that's foreign bands for you. (Oh, and
synphony, I found a Tristania album with the word 'strenght' in it.) However, I've not bought any new funeral doom in days, so I should rectify that.My home recording stuff isn't going too well, but if nothing else I know what all the options on my Pod XT do now. And, I've become acutely aware of the audible differences between overdrive and distortion, a distinction I've always wondered about but only now learned properly. Now I instantly spot overdrive in lead guitar tones, and know why so many bands have old-looking green pedals with them on stage. It's always good to learn new things.
To finish off, here's the Spam of the Day: "Now you can fill her vagina with meat like you fill her heart with love." Who said romance was dead?
