Keeping it in one’s head

A friend of mine recommended this text on why programmers work at night. Entertaining but still true.

But the blog post referenced  another interesting text written by Paul Graham about the necessity of holding a program in one’s head to be an outstanding programmer. I couldn’t agree more with that he says. I also agree with the corollaries that it is detrimental to treat developers as interchangeable parts in an organisation.

But what got me thinking was the fact that an architect must keep an entire system in the head. Where the programmer has the code as something tangible to base this mental model upon the architect has at best an abstract model and at worst only her own internal representation.
So for an architecture to be successful it both seems to be necessary that there is somebody who has the ability to internalise and reason about an entire system, and that the mental representation is possible to grasp in it’s entirety with (at least) one single mind. There are probably a lot of systems out there that fulfils neither….

List of ECU functions to determine

List of ECU functions to determine

 • fuel delivery • transmission shift points • valve timing • ignition timing, etc. sensors also monitor • oxygen levels of inlet air • oxygen levels of exhaust air • temperatures of inlet air • temperatures of exhaust • temperatures of oil • temperatures of coolant • temperatures of all other fluids like brake, clutch, transmission etc • sensors also monitors and controls functions of features such as ABS, EBD, EPS, ESP, SRS (airbags), etc. whichever applicable.

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Grammy award winning American pop rock band from Los Angeles, California
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Elektra Movie Character Wallpaper

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a 2005 superhero film, spin-off from the 2003 film Daredevil, starring the Marvel comic character Elektra Natchios (played by Jennifer Garner).  A spin off game, rarely a sublime idea, was shelved by publishers, though a game was issued for mobile platform.
First appearing in Daredevil comic series #168 (January 1981). Elektra is the world's most lethal woman and one of Marvel's most cold-blooded characters. Elektra is a kunoichi, a female ninja assassin of Greek descent. Her favourite weapon of choice being a bladed sai.

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Sword Wallpaper Theme

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Symbolic of liberty and strength, said to be the emblem of military honor. The sword should incite the bearer to a just and generous pursuit of honor and virtue.

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Another Earth Movie Wallpaper

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a 2011 American science fantasy/drama film directed by Mike Cahill in his feature film debut.  The film stars William Mapother and Brit Marling.

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Bar Refaeli Wallpaper

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Born 1985 in Hod HaSharon, Israel

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