Patterns in the Machine: A Software Engineering Guide to Embedded Development

© John T. Taylor, Wayne T. Taylor 2021

J. T. Taylor, W. T. TaylorPatterns in the Machinehttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-6440-9_17

17. The Tao of Development

John T. Taylor¹   and Wayne T. Taylor²

(1)

Covington, GA, USA

(2)

Golden, CO, USA

 

This book is about patterns. And, up to this point, the patterns discussed have been focused on improving software design and coding. But beyond software, there are other patterns in the development process that bear consideration—patterns outside the machine, as it were.

Over the course of many years working as a software engineer, I’ve seen the same things over and over again. At different companies, I’ve seen the same ideas about design, the same approaches to project management, the same group dynamics, the same ...