As software cycles increase, developers and operators increasingly need to be partners
In 500 B.C., the Greek philosopher Zeno came up with a good way to think about modern software. In his famous paradox, Achilles and a tortoise agree to a race where Achilles would have to reach where the tortoise started. No matter how fast Achilles ran, the tortoise had a head start, so he could never catch up. The goal keeps moving, and Achilles never really reaches the animal.
Welcome to this month’s Speed Read, the “Those Greeks Were on to Something” edition.
Zeno could have been talking about software—always advancing, never finishing, racing to meet change—but there are some key differences. Unlike the tortoise, market needs and appetites accelerate pretty quickly when developers speed up their pace. And, unlike Achilles, developers see this unending chase as an opportunity to change how their teams work, creating new tools and organizational methods to respond better. It’s never changed as much as...
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