Pearls of Wisdom

[Kova]

I hate you guys now, and I’m boycoting pearls of wisdom from now on (sorry Keith).

[oNyx]

Huh?

[CommanderKeith]

This thread has been a strange outlet for a lot of people’s frustation. I get the feeling that the title offended some of the senior people for some reason.

Oh well.

[blahblahblahh]

@g666

@blahblahblahh

but I took it to be that disagreeing violently was generally a sign of being wrong

that was not my intention. i was just trying to say that when people get emotional about arguments they sometimes stop thinking rationally. Also i didnt intend to involve game industry-ness, it was just what i thought after reading your post.

peace

Yeah, sorry. The (large; possibly “too large, and thats the problem”?) studio I work at at the moment involves almost daily battles with people who know nothing about games development (" ‘sprite’? Stop trying to trick me, I know you made that term up. I’m not that stupid". Sob. Whimper. Argh!) and it has made me cranky and defensive :(.

[Mr_Light]

blah^3+h that means they are breaking though your defences.

[princec]

Always treat ignorant management like mushrooms and blind them with science. After a while they learn not to talk to you because you make them either feel stupid or confused.

Cas

[darkprophet]

Always treat ignorant management like mushrooms and blind them with science. After a while they learn not to talk to you because you make them either feel stupid or confused.

That works for anybody you dont want to speak with ever again

[f.l.x]

@princec

Always treat ignorant management like mushrooms and blind them with science.

you may be the firtst person i know that blinds mushrooms with science :

[Mr_Light]

yarr

[jojoh]

@f.l.x

@princec

Always treat ignorant management like mushrooms and blind them with science.

you may be the firtst person i know that blinds mushrooms with science :

It’s not that hard, they don’t see all that well to begin with

[K.I.L.E.R]

Thank You.
This has really helped. I’ve just done it now and am going to spend the next half day documenting my code. :lol:

@bleb

5. Set your IDE to nag you for missing JavaDoc for public interfaces. You’ll write more javadoc, which is generally a good thing, and you’ll find your public interfaces become much more succinct as you strive to avoid writing unnecessary documentation.

A thing with perfect plans is that you can easily get a perfect plan.

Think of a feature to add, plan it(however you feel is necessary) if it doesn’t work out, put the plan and the feature aside(I still keep being bitten in the arse by the fact that I like throwing away documents) and go do something else.
After you project is finished, you have your plan, however you don’t need to create a detailed plan right off.
For an overall plan, I’ll leave that to everyone to figure out on their own. I’m sure some of you (Kev) really hates the way I plan but I do it because it helps me.

[kevglass]

I couldn’t give a rats arse how you plan. What I wouldn’t want to see is the idea that you should plan to perfection before you start actually doing something presented as a really good idea. The point is you can’t create a perfect plan of how things are going to work before the fact - because with non-trivial software you don’t know everything about what you’re doing til you get there. If you did you’d already have your implementation.

After you project is finished, you have your plan, however you don’t need to create a detailed plan right off.

And that if you read carefully was the point.

@see Analysis Paralysis

Kev

[K.I.L.E.R]

Thanks for your kind words.

@kevglass

I couldn’t give a rats arse how you plan.
What I wouldn’t want to see is the idea that you should plan to perfection before you start actually doing something presented as a really good idea. The point is you can’t create a perfect plan of how things are going to work before the fact - because with non-trivial software you don’t know everything about what you’re doing til you get there. If you did you’d already have your implementation.

After you project is finished, you have your plan, however you don’t need to create a detailed plan right off.

And that if you read carefully was the point.

@see Analysis Paralysis

Kev

[bleb]

@K.I.L.E.R

Thank You.
This has really helped.

Huzzah! I win!

Also: CommanderKeith, I hope you’re happy at crafting the thread that will rend the very fabric of this community asunder.
Perhaps it could be renamed “Things I find helpful, but that should on no account be considered advice. Honestly, try these suggestions and someone you love will die.” A bit verbose maybe?

[CommanderKeith]

@bleb

Also: CommanderKeith, I hope you’re happy at crafting the thread that will rend the very fabric of this community asunder.
Perhaps it could be renamed “Things I find helpful, but that should on no account be considered advice. Honestly, try these suggestions and someone you love will die.” A bit verbose maybe?

Yes, I feel very bad about it! What happened to the principle of ‘if you haven’t got something nice to say, don’t say it’?

And to be honest I am a little disappointed that the ‘experts’ around here refrained from sharing any advice, and only shared criticism.

Someone should do us all a favour and lock this thread thread forever.

[princec]

Every time you post in this thread, God kills a kitten.

Cas

[K.I.L.E.R]

YOU MURDERER! :

Couldn’t help myself. ;D

@princec

Every time you post in this thread, God kills a kitten.

Cas

[Breakfast]

Much more of a dog person, to be honest.

[dsellars]

[quote]Yes, I feel very bad about it! What happened to the principle of ‘if you haven’t got something nice to say, don’t say it’?
[/quote]
Somebody invented the internet… ;D

[bleb]

@Breakfast

Much more of a dog person, to be honest.

I question your sanity sir!

Cat > Dog

I think Breakfast may have just started the real flame-fest…