Resolution: You Don’t Get To Choose The Problem Factorization. The key here is that it’s the problem space which determines the good factorizations, and we have to go look at the problem space and do some work to figure out what those factorizations are.
This reminds me to ask—have you read Notes on the Synthesis of Form by Christopher Alexander, yet? (I summarized it a year ago but it may be worth you going to the original source.)
This reminds me to ask—have you read Notes on the Synthesis of Form by Christopher Alexander, yet? (I summarized it a year ago but it may be worth you going to the original source.)
Haven’t read it, but I did like your summary.