This article gave me a new way to view tradeoffs. I never thought of things like a moving cycle between polarities but it makes total sense.
In the Google swe book, they discuss how search actually has 3 polarities (they didn't call it that, but I'm using your terminology here). So, do you think it's only ever 2 or can it be N?
That's a very interesting perspective! I have not thought of polarity systems with more than 2 poles but there's is no reason why not. It would still be a moving system cycling between multiple poles and might lean towards some more than others.
Maybe the usual "speed/ease/quality, pick 2" dynamic can be seen as a polarity!
Yes. What I particularly liked was how to capture the negative as well as the positive so we can get an idea of the state at the same time. (Side note: It's unfortunate our time at Google together was so short. But I'm thankful you are pursuing this adventure!)
This article gave me a new way to view tradeoffs. I never thought of things like a moving cycle between polarities but it makes total sense.
In the Google swe book, they discuss how search actually has 3 polarities (they didn't call it that, but I'm using your terminology here). So, do you think it's only ever 2 or can it be N?
That's a very interesting perspective! I have not thought of polarity systems with more than 2 poles but there's is no reason why not. It would still be a moving system cycling between multiple poles and might lean towards some more than others.
Maybe the usual "speed/ease/quality, pick 2" dynamic can be seen as a polarity!
Yes. What I particularly liked was how to capture the negative as well as the positive so we can get an idea of the state at the same time. (Side note: It's unfortunate our time at Google together was so short. But I'm thankful you are pursuing this adventure!)
Insightful write-up!
Absolutely loved this one, great mental model. Never thought about it that way.
And great stories!
Thank you! It's definitely a mindset shift to think this way. Especially because we as engineers are taught to solve problems!
can upsides/downsides be more than 3?
Yep sure. You'll have some upsides and downsides between each pair of poles.