On: Why can't programmers be more like ants? Or a lesson in stigmergy (2015)

[SketchySeaBeast]

Yeah, we can't leverage stigmergy because there are actors outside of the code always shifting priorities and applying pressure to system that, in this article's reckoning, should grow in an obvious and natural fashion.

[robertlagrant → SketchySeaBeast]

The ants know what to do and we don't.