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.”