Comments on: hack or think http://monkeyisland.pl/2008/10/15/hackorthin/ about software Sat, 07 Jan 2012 22:51:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Anay Kamat http://monkeyisland.pl/2008/10/15/hackorthin/#comment-3001 Wed, 22 Oct 2008 07:07:55 +0000 http://szczepiq.wordpress.com/?p=160#comment-3001 Rather than just thinking for hours, you can timebox it and spike out different solutions. If required, describe your problem in forums and continue with your solution even if it’s hacky and the best one you/team knows. In most cases, somebody will definitely reply to forum thread sharing experience and a better solution to the problem.

The key is to keep learning.

]]> By: Eugene http://monkeyisland.pl/2008/10/15/hackorthin/#comment-2999 Wed, 22 Oct 2008 03:40:05 +0000 http://szczepiq.wordpress.com/?p=160#comment-2999 Nice article. Thanks. :) Eugene

]]> By: felix http://monkeyisland.pl/2008/10/15/hackorthin/#comment-2992 Wed, 15 Oct 2008 23:01:47 +0000 http://szczepiq.wordpress.com/?p=160#comment-2992 I think this is not only about different people. Actually I tend to start hacking for a bit as part of the thinking. After I hack 15 minutes, I know a lot more about the problem. Then I start thinking again for an hour or so. So hacking for me is like doing sketching out ideas. So both approaches are valuable, and it’s probably good to have a balance in the team…

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