A must-read blog

As I’ve posted earlier, Kevin Hurwitz has started blogging.  Kevin lives in Austin and is active in the local developer community (AgileAustin, Austin .Net User Group, AgileATX).

He has just posted: “The Holy Grail – Application Development without Developers

It’s hilarious and sobering.  Here’s an excerpt:

“Over the course of my career, I’ve seen attempts on various projects to eliminate the need for ongoing developer involvement in system maintenance. The argument goes something like this: If we could just build a flexible business rules engine, we wouldn’t have to call the developers every time we need to update our FILL IN THE BLANK.”

You should subscribe to his feed right away!