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"Bad programmers worry about the code. Good programmers worry about data structures and their relationships." -- Linus Torvalds "Show me your flowchart and conceal your tables, and I shall continue to be mystified. Show me your tables, and I won't usually need your flowcharts; they’ll be obvious." -- Fred Brooks, The Mythical Man Month (1975) It's no coincidence that ADTs and data-driven design are commonplace today -- I would even argue they are so commonplace that most programmers are not even aware they are stylistic choices. Many, many folks get caught up chasing complexity for all the wrong reasons. Define your data, stake your boundaries and just write the damn code. It's okay that someone blogs about an old idea and puts a new name on it. It's still a good thing even if it's obvious to some. The author came to their own understanding of this concept in a particular way and decided to share that way with other people. You don't have to knee-jerk critique them for it. However, tha

"Bad programmers worry about the code. Good programmers worry about data structures and their relationships." -- Linus Torvalds "Show me your flowchart and conceal your tables, and I shall continue to be mystified. Show me your tables, and I won't usually need your flowcharts; they’ll be obvious." -- Fred Brooks, The Mythical Man Month (1975) It's no coincidence that ADTs and data-driven design are commonplace today -- I would even argue they are so commonplace that most programmers are not even aware they are stylistic choices. Many, many folks get caught up chasing complexity for all the wro