[cperkins]

I think the "winners game" vs. "losers game" insight is interesting and there is some value in applying it to software development. But I don't see it as a revolutionary insight, anything that's going to radically change anyones understanding. The article has other problems, but overall it's just lukewarm.

To my mind, the main issues in software development are complexity and imperfect knowledge. We've developed a lot of practices like unit tests and code reviews which help us defend ourselves, but, ultimately, for any non-trivial software it seems like a losing battle, or if not losing, then the progress is slow and difficult and tenuous. (like trench warfare).