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=OSE Case= | =OSE Case= | ||
*In the OSE case, since we publish early and often, and make in-progress work accessible for the reason of unleashed collaboration and cultural creation - we de facto operate on the Growable-is-Better version of worse-is-better. We avoid the worse-is-better stage, because our initial design is designed with growability, according to [[OSE Specifications]], in particular, [[OSE Spec 3]]. | *In the OSE case, since we publish early and often, and make in-progress work accessible for the reason of unleashed collaboration and cultural creation - we de facto operate on the Growable-is-Better version of worse-is-better. We avoid the worse-is-better stage, because our initial design is designed with growability, according to [[OSE Specifications]], in particular, [[OSE Spec 3]] - modularity. Modularity is be definition growable. | ||
*[[The OSE Filter]] includes worse is better. | *[[The OSE Filter]] includes worse is better. Growable-is-better is achieved by modular design - as with [[Incremental Housing]] is an example of worse-is-better. | ||
=Links= | =Links= | ||
*Growable is Better, Stanford CS Departmetn - [https://cs.stanford.edu/people/eroberts/courses/cs181/projects/2010-11/WorseIsBetter/index.php/Growable-is-better.html] | *Growable is Better, Stanford CS Departmetn - [https://cs.stanford.edu/people/eroberts/courses/cs181/projects/2010-11/WorseIsBetter/index.php/Growable-is-better.html] | ||
*Worse is Better, Stanford CS Departmetn - [https://cs.stanford.edu/people/eroberts/courses/cs181/projects/2010-11/WorseIsBetter/index.php/Worse-is-better.html] | *Worse is Better, Stanford CS Departmetn - [https://cs.stanford.edu/people/eroberts/courses/cs181/projects/2010-11/WorseIsBetter/index.php/Worse-is-better.html] | ||
Revision as of 02:30, 8 February 2021
Intro
Something that just works, is bare bones, is better for wide adoption than a polished product that takes long to get to market. Put in another way, User Interface comes after Functionality. Aka the New Jersey Approach.
The property that makes for Worse-is-Better is modularity - easy improvability and adaptability. This is also known as Growable-is-Better.
Notable Examples
- Note that Linux was explicitly built on the worse is better concept when it comes to its monolithic kernel design - a known bad design that works better in practice. Stallman proposed a modular kernel - and 3 decades later - product hasn't shipped yet.
OSE Case
- In the OSE case, since we publish early and often, and make in-progress work accessible for the reason of unleashed collaboration and cultural creation - we de facto operate on the Growable-is-Better version of worse-is-better. We avoid the worse-is-better stage, because our initial design is designed with growability, according to OSE Specifications, in particular, OSE Spec 3 - modularity. Modularity is be definition growable.
- The OSE Filter includes worse is better. Growable-is-better is achieved by modular design - as with Incremental Housing is an example of worse-is-better.