The Haunting of a Business Calculator
The Haunting of a Business Calculator Purpose Working for an online retail company has been full of many ups and downs. Since the start of my time here, I have been haunted by one software project more than any other, the product pricing calculator. It is not the most complicated project. It is not a large project. Its documentation is mediocre. Its number of users is moderate. Its impact on the company is higher than the sum of its parts. The only special thing about this calculator is its ability to consume developer souls across multiple generations, programming languages, stakeholders and ultimately space and time. The purpose of this article is to warn others about the possible dangers of working on a business calculator. ...