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Understanding Software
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Understanding Software

by Max Kanat-Alexander
September 2017
Beginner
278 pages
4h 24m
English
Packt Publishing
Audiobook available
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The Right Way

So, what would our process look like for many people all using standardized bars that screw together? (This is the right way to build something.)

  1. Have your team all go build (or buy) standardized individual bars. You can have as many people working simultaneously as there are bars in the structure.
  2. Have them test their individual bars to make sure that they won't break.
  3. Have them carry their individual bars to the place where the structure needs to be.
  4. Put the first bar into the ground, standing upright:
    The Right Way
  5. Push on the first bar from all angles to see if it is going to fall over.
  6. Screw in a second bar to the first one:
  7. Test the complete structure ...
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