flâneur

Painless Functional Specifications – Part 3: But… How? – Joel on Software

joelonsoftware.com · 1,197 words · saved by 1 readers

Ready to level up? Stack Overflow Jobs is the job site that puts the needs of developers first. Whether you want to take control of your search or let employers discover you, we’re on a mission to help every developer find a job they love. Looking to hire smart programmers who get things done? Stack Overflow Talent is a fully-customized sourcing solution that helps you understand, reach, and attract developers on the platform they trust most. Find the right candidates for your jobs. Learn more. For my day job, I'm the co-founder and CEO of Stack Overflow, the largest online community for programmers to learn, share their knowledge, and level up. Each month, more than 40 million professional and aspiring programmers visit Stack Overflow to ask and answer questions and find better jobs. Stack Overflow is also the flagship site of the Stack Exchange network, 160+ question and answer sites dedicated to all kinds of topics from cooking to gaming. According to Quantcast, Stack Overflow is th

Software designer , News Now that you’ve read all about why you need a spec and what a spec has in it , let’s talk about who should write them. Who writes specs? Let me give you a little Microsoft history here. When Microsoft started growing seriously in the 1980s, everybody there had read The Mythical Man-Month , one of the classics of software management. (If you haven’t read it, I highly recommend it.) The main point of that book was that when you add more programmers to a late project, it gets even later. That’s because when you have n programmers on a team, the num

saved by

related reading