Software gold plating

Coding Horror: The Ultimate Software Gold Plating:

Jeff wrote in support for an analog rotary controller … that did not exist. Neither Atari nor third party manufacturers produced such a controller in the Jaguar’s heyday. Jeff, as I understand it, hacked his own together by wiring an Atari paddle controller into a Jaguar controller.

As someone who likes to take the time to make sure that things are done right where possible as opposed to making them just work, I find this story fascinating.

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I am Adrian. I am an Englishmen living in Melbourne. I am a web nerd that also has a rapidly diminishing love affair with skateboarding. I take photos too.
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