firmitas, utilitas, venustas

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Those aren’t words I know đŸ€”

Vitruvius đŸ«Ą

For those unfamiliar with Latin it means: "utility, strength and beauty"

Comme en Architecture, dix ans de langues dites mortes apprises à l'école mais qui demeurent les bases de certaines de nos langues encore usitées de nos jours merci

I almost want to learn latin to read things like De Architectura in its original form. I’m super impressed by builders from antiquity. Wondering what can be learned from them. Maybe even in relation to software architecture:

Strength: code quality and robustness

Utility: does the code actually does something useful

Beauty: aesthetics and ux

People were thinking about these things for a long time before us, and the things they build still stand today and are beautiful. We’ve lost a lot of wisdom.

Have you read D’arcy Thompson? I know generally you’re going much further back historically but “On Growth and Form” is a dense dive into the structural design of the natural world.

Only just started reading in this area, appreciate recommendations!

I find this video of a 1957 conversation between Frank Lloyd Wright and Mike Wallace pretty instructive in regard to thinking about building. It even addresses decentralization.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEaVRRQHO0c

The craziest part is that we couldn't build things like they used to even if we wanted to

Why not?

Allegedly we don't have the skills or knowledge anymore

Il n'est jamais trop tard pour apprendre , commencez déjà par la grammaire et conjugaison surtout votre jeune garçon...

Ce fut mon cas pendant plus de 10aas et fort dommage quand j'étais jeune .,...

Casting a spell against Apple?

There’s no need for that - they are digging their own grave already đŸȘŠ

Ce que je viens de leur répliquer ils méconnaissent l'ingéniosité et l'ingénierie de certains dans nostr .. d'ailleurs certains ont commencé à se lancer sur des supports qui nécessiteront d'acheter un Apple ou de dépendre de Google qui est en retard mais prendrait le pas d'Apple

Laissez les bomber comme dirait mon frĂšre milanais ..ils savent ce qu'ils loupent dans cette nouvelle Ăšre des plateformes dĂ©centralisĂ©es....ils se sont tous retrouvĂ©s Ă  leur retour de vacances de fin d'annĂ©e le bec clouĂ© Vous avez su dĂ©montrer en deux jours d'interactions professionnelles via tx'witter mettre une symbiose qui les dĂ©passent mĂȘme M. Tweet Elon en a eu peur jusqu'Ă  proscrire toute Ă©vocation de nostr sur Twitter.... compliments Ă  vous tous . l'ingĂ©niositĂ© dĂ©montrĂ©e est tout en amĂ©lioration continue,. .c'est ce qu'on appelle la demarche qualitĂ© plus qu' ISO 9000 đŸ™đŸ«‚

“Strength, Utility and Beauty”

i.e., structural stability, appropriate spatial accommodation, and attractive appearance

https://www.britannica.com/topic/architecture/Commodity-firmness-and-delight-the-ultimate-synthesis

Dixit l'architecte merci

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