Brad·Aug 26The Wall TestI wrote a piece a few weeks back about a book from 1979 that turned out to be a manual for building things that survive contact with…
Brad·Aug 22Eyes Open, Hands BusyThe system is coming apart. That’s the premise, not the argument. This is about what comes next.
Srinivasa Raghavan·Jan 14GenesisCivil Engineering influencing Software Design!! You must be kidding!!
榮民叔叔轉職攻城獅的藏書筆記·Jun 25, 2025The Timeless Principles of Architecture: Insights for Software Development from Architectural…How Alexander’s Unnamed Quality & Pattern Language Shape Microservices, Agile, Testing, and DevOps Evolution
InProgramming is LifebyKhun Yee Fung, Ph.D. (Comp. Sci.)·May 17, 2025What Design Patterns are Really AboutWhen I learned of Christopher Alexander’s passing last year, I truly felt sad. I don’t feel that way for people I don’t know personally…A response icon1A response icon1
InThe Way of ProgrammingbyKhun Yee Fung, Ph.D. (Comp. Sci.)·Apr 9, 2024“Dao”, the Name of the Nameless WayThe first two phrases of the text “道德经” (“Daodejing”, or “Tao Te Ching”) is about the nameless nature of the “way” (道, dao). Wait, why are…
Tina Banaee·May 28, 2023What is design exactly?To all those who are reading this content, which consists of information gathered from various sources, particularly aimed at the designers…A response icon1A response icon1
Conan Xin·Apr 9, 2023克里斯托弗·亚历山大（Christopher Alexander)：城市并非树形（A City Is Not a Tree）按：这是一篇探讨设计思想方法的论文，其原则并不限于城市规划。问世以后，反应强烈，当然是“正反”两方面都有。文章对多种著名城市设想方案进行了分析，极为雄辩，逻辑严谨，颇能活跃我们的思路。值得商榷的。一是亚力山大氏的价值观；其次是城市的形成过程总是发生的（Generative)，其复…
Øystein Kristiansen·Feb 15, 2023Trust us; we don’t know what we will doApplying the lessons of the late architect Christopher Alexander to a major challenge to designers: embracing uncertainty.
