Understanding auxiliary tooling
When most people think about software, they’ll have applications such as Microsoft Word, games such as Minecraft, or web applications such as Facebook in mind. Thanks to popular media, the widespread opinion is that these applications are written by individual geniuses that hack some ones and zeroes into an obscure interface. The reality could not be more far off.
As you know, to create any kind of software, lots of libraries, tooling, and – in many cases – large teams are necessary. However, what most people underestimate is the effort to just keep the ball rolling – that is, to still be able to add new features to the existing software. There are several issues that contribute to this feature slowdown.
On the one hand, the complexity within software always rises. This is whether we want it or not – with every new feature, a project becomes more challenging. In addition, larger software tends to be written by...
