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Discussion on: Which fictional story (book, movie, etc.) is the best allegory for software development?

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Jean-Michel πŸ•΅πŸ»β€β™‚οΈ Fayard • Edited

Steven Pressfield, the War on Art

stevenpressfield.com/books/the-war...

It's a wonderful book on the inner struggle that face writers at the time they have to actually sit down and write things on the keyboard.

We developers also have to sit down, write things with a keyboard and deal with tons of frustration, so this gets to the heart of what we do.

A developer could have written the same story.

But honestly, writers usually write much better than us.