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March 7, 2006

Software Cliches

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Raj

“Bake it in” is one of the more common cliches heard from companies that sell multiple parts of a solution. The cliche stems from the concept of baking a cake for instance. Add all of the ingredients — some necessary, some not — and the result is that you can’t discern one [...]

February 16, 2006

Software Cliches

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Raj

An application programming interface (API) is not a magic bullet. And it shouldn’t be used to create a black box that you can think about later.
Creating big black boxes surrounded by cute little interfaces symbols can be a troubling sign. I see it all the time. People are quick to [...]