> On 20 Sep 2017, at 10:12, Tudor Girba <tu...@tudorgirba.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
>> On Sep 20, 2017, at 9:22 AM, Norbert Hartl <norb...@hartl.name> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>> Am 19.09.2017 um 22:50 schrieb Tudor Girba <tu...@tudorgirba.com>:
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Thanks for the question :).
>>>
>>> Indeed, the summary of Stef is quite good.
>>>
>>> Here are some additions:
>>> - Indeed, Bloc gets stable. Recently, we learned that we can optimize the
>>> layouts even more and Alex Syrel will work on that in the next couple of
>>> weeks, but this will not impact users.
>>
>> can't this be done later? I would prefer that making Bloc and Brick usable
>> is the first target.
>
> I can sympathize with that. We also want to get to a usable state as soon as
> possible.
>
> However, we have a different way of prioritizing and this might seem somewhat
> counter intuitive. I strongly believe that some things cannot be rushed and
> that continuously investing in the underlying infrastructure pays off in the
> mid-term. So, when we see an opportunity to rephrase our understanding we
> take it earlier rather than later. This is one of these cases.
>
But it is clear (having spend 10 years in the Squeak community…) that there is
a danger in that, too… will there ever be a point were you will *not*
be able to do things better?
Ah, I even gave a talk about that:
https://www.slideshare.net/MarcusDenker/perfection-feedback-loops-or-why-worse-is-better-65540840
;-)
Marcus
