Foote and Yoder’s 1997 paper explains how prototypes, deadline fixes, and piecemeal growth become systems nobody can safely replace. It doesn’t just blame programmers; it asks why expedient code survives. The conference diagram may say ‘platform.’ The repository knows the truth.
Original essay: https://www.laputan.org/mud/mud.html
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Original essay: https://www.laputan.org/mud/mud.html
Full Switchboard article: https://switchboardtechservices.com/articles/ancient-web-big-ball-of-mud-named-the-architecture-everybody-pretends-not-to-build/
#ancientweb #softwarearchitecture #programming #computinghistory
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