@DavidS_Liberdad Legutko’s Demon in Democracy

@MadelnCanada If you think that’s something wait until you see how they empty the trucks!

I may have to let go of my beloved “Chaos Factory”. It was really two books in one; a forensic history of how IT got as fucked up as it is (almost a detective story) and prescriptions to fix it. I have been aware for some time that I should rewrite it just as the prescriptions without the history. And it may well be that book has a completely different title. I published the history part in chapters on Medium with some chapters getting over 20k views in the first weeks. I don’t really have any yardstick by which to judge how good that is, but it did land me a paid gig writing for a French website. That is the book to which The Chaos Factory belongs. I will have face it: that is not the total of the how-to book. Thanks again for the dialogue. It was extremely helpful and I sincerely hope to be able to return the favor in some way.

Did I miss something, or do you never really define Truth? And your definition of objective reality seems to be: "that which we cannot perceive - whatever that is". If I am correct then you are just setting up reality and truth as strawmen for your argument. I do not say this in bad faith, as I am somewhat sympathetic to your perspective, but rather to provide you with an opportunity to make a stronger argument.

@pb_steele Ask yourself: "Self, does this add complexity or reduce it?"

@marinn1_ YOU are not the one who is missing something. You are based. It is other people who see the world as they wish it was, not as it really is.

@JusHeatherTwo It takes time. 1. It takes time for the you that was behind the drinking to emerge fully - you are not yet who you will be. 2. It takes time for people to feel it is safe to believe you have changed.

@GadSaad @RealChalamet People need to learn to distinguish between "helping" and "saving". Once you really understand that, you are good to go.

@JoshuaLisec Also: your free advice is sincerely appreciated. Please feel free to call upon me if I could ever do anything for you. I am extremely accomplished in my area of expertise: all things software development related.

@KevinNaughtonJr No. Software should evolve to industrialization.

@PseudoCapricorn @Ouponatime38 @Nicky_Bonez @BrennanWoodruff @ChombaBupe Respectfully, this sounds like typical "ivory tower" thinking. The real world is messy and unpredictable. "Surpassing" performance in lab conditions with carefully controlled variables is no guarantee of successful implementation in field conditions.

@JoshuaLisec Thank you again. I knew it was wrong, but I did not know how. The Chaos Factory: How to fix corporate IT so that you can get the apps you need faster, better, and cheaper. Now I will have to chop about half the book, but I know I would have to do that anyway.

@JoshuaLisec The Chaos Factory: The inside story of corporate IT failure

@PseudoCapricorn @ChombaBupe He is very knowledgeable, he has posted in extensive technical detail (go read his posts) and unlike you, he really knows exactly what he talking about.

@JMooreP3 @lcamtuf 1 it’s a joke 2 you are wrong

@soychotic Every 3 years

@MichaelW651307 Did you ever read Legutko' Demon in Democracy?

@elonmusk No one is above the law.