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"Design in Practice" by Rich Hickey

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What it is

Rich Hickey's Clojure Conj 2023 talk on design in practice, covering problem statements, decision matrices, choosing precise words and making decisions in a team.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN draws on it for practical decision-making and problem-framing techniques that apply well beyond Clojure.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 1 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2023, last 2024

What HN commenters said

  1. “Rich Hickey has a section on using good words, on not using nicknames, in his (as ever wonderful) Clojure Conj 2023 talk Design in Practice,”

    Hickey on choosing good words and avoiding nicknames

    jauntywundrkind, 2024-10 · Recommendation · in “Holocron is an object storage based leader election library”

  2. “A good approach to making decisions in a team context (also works for personal use) is explained by Rich Hickey here”

    Hickey's talk on making decisions in a team

    erichocean, 2024-10 · Recommendation · in “Focus on decisions, not tasks”

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Topics: rich hickey, decision matrix, problem statements, team decisions, clojure

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