The struggle for
standards
Chris Heilmann, Coder’s Saturday, Montreal, March 2008

Most high-quality development
is about standards.

If you hire a plumber, he’ll use
pipes, fittings and screws that
are following an industry
standard.

... if not, you have caught a
cowboy that will hurt your
house and your wallet.

Plumbers and other handymen
are people we can learn from.

Imagine plumbers would have to
work like web developers.

“We want some plumbing done,
you know the sort other houses
have.”

“Don’t make it too expensive
though, so it’d be nice if you can
re-use this rusty old leaky bit of
pipe here.”

“I see tha