Opinionated Library

Opinionated Library by Will Wykeham

Conventional wisdom holds that “writing is like a muscle”, “you can get good at anything, you just need to practice”. Conventional wisdom is probably correct on this. My job title may be Consultant, but I am primarily a software engineer. Mostly I write code, and when I do write English it’s generally a technical document. None of this gives me a lot of practice at writing the kind of fluid prose that is actually needed sometimes. Even this paragraph has taken a couple of attempts and some pausing.

Conveniently there are some things that I want to say. Responses to threads of discussion on the Internet (https://xkcd.com/386/). The struggle between software engineering purity and actually building something useful. This cool picture of a giant duck (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-25560771).

To use another cliche: “Opinions are like arseholes: everyone’s got one”. Except that I don’t have one, I’ve got hundreds (opinions obviously, not arseholes), and they’re just waiting to be shared. I would actually quite like to keep some of my friends, so rather than haranguing them continually, you all get to benefit.

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