Weinberg's Law
A Quote by Gerald Weinberg
If builders built buildings the way programmers wrote programs, then the first woodpecker that came along would destroy civilization.
If builders built buildings the way programmers wrote programs, then the first woodpecker that came along would destroy civilization.
A rain chain in winter; Dresden Kunsthof Passage; Drainage planters near Pike Place Market in Seattle.
If there is a larger takeaway here perhaps it is about paths of least resistance, with regards to both the actual flow of water and design decisions. On the one hand, it is easy to blindly follow regional precedents and traditions with long histories (or grab whatever is handy at the hardware store). On the other hand, sometimes it makes sense to take a step back and decide consciously how to reveal (or conceal) a natural process.