Laws of Software Engineering · Saying
Saying
The Future Is Already Here (Gibson)
The future is already here. It is just not evenly distributed.
How to use it. When someone says "this is not possible yet", ask where it already exists. Elite DORA performers, well-run engineering organisations, and mature DDD shops have already done the thing you are chasing. The work is to spread it. Find the existing instance and study it.
How it gets misused. Used to dismiss real adoption gaps. The fact that something exists somewhere does not mean it can be installed anywhere. The local conditions that made the future possible there may not be reproducible here. Distribution is the hard part because context matters.
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Pattern
Hype Cycle / Amara's Law
We overestimate how much a new technology will change things in the short term. We underestimate how much it will change things in the long term.
- Pattern Crossing the Chasm There is a gap between early adopters of a new technology and the mainstream market. Most new products die in it.
- Pattern The Innovator's Dilemma Successful companies fail at disruptive innovation precisely because they listen to their best customers and protect their existing business.
Clusters
- The Adoption cluster - Why technology arrives unevenly, and what to do about it.