WorkerBeeComputing is about building applications
by using the techniques from systems programming
[operating systems, networks, databases, etc.]
which make systems robust and reliable:
- small robust modules which are
- independent,
- decoupled,
- interchangeable and
- communicate with each other on
- different time frames from high speed to permanent.
I call them worker bees.
For centuries mechanical parts were made to fit together by hand.
They would not work anywhere else and no other part would fit.
Machines began to have interchangeable parts about 1800.
History is finally about to repeat itself in software.
Worker bee software is software built of interchangeable modular parts, like
legos,
tinker toys,
erector sets or
nuts and bolts.
We will explore the impact of simplicity and modularity on software in these pages.