Re: framework or not

On 25 Oct 2013, at 15:40, Robert Cummings <robert@interjinn.com> wrote: > On 13-10-25 10:17 AM, Stuart Dallas wrote: >> On 25 Oct 2013, at 15:01, Robert Cummings <robert@interjinn.com> wrote: >> >>> On 13-10-24 09:41 PM, Larry Garfield wrote: >>>> On 10/23/2013 08:51 AM, Jay Blanchard wrote: >>>>> [snip] ....a bitter rant....[/snip] >>>>> >>>>> Dang Larry - bad night? >>>> >>>> That wasn't a bitter rant. You haven't seen me bitter. :-) That was >>>> "tough love" to the OP. I don't see a reason to pussyfoot around >>>> the >>>> original question, which is one that comes up about once a month. The >>>> answer is always the same: How much is your time worth? >>> >>> Basic math... >>> >>> Life: finite >>> Time: infinite >>> >>> finite / infinite = 0 >>> >>> *sniffle* >> >> Who's valuation of your time actually matters? Yours, and yours alone. >> >> Therefore: >> >> Life: n years >> Time I can benefit from my life: n years >> >> n years / n years = 1 >> >> *hoorah* >> >> Your time is the most precious commodity you have. >> >> Whether you use a framework or not you will (hopefully) reuse code between projects. If you >> choose to make part of that reused code one of the many frameworks that exist, you need only do one >> thing to ensure it continues to be worth using: how much of your time do you spend battling against >> the restrictions of the framework? If that's sufficiently low then using that framework is >> probably a good thing. If a significant portion of your time is spent battling the framework >> it's time to make a change. >> >> Also remember that the only person who can truthfully judge whether you're >> "wasting time" is you, unless you earn money by selling your time to someone else in which >> case they have some right to decide what constitutes a waste of the time for which they're >> paying. I found the experience of writing my own framework to be hugely beneficial to my future >> productivity, but I might have struggled to justify spending the extra time it took to my employer >> at the time. > > You stripped away the context of my response. By removing the evil grin you made it look like I > was serious. You should be a reporter ;) Who says I'm not! :) -Stuart -- Stuart Dallas 3ft9 Ltd http://3ft9.com/