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End in a black box, or begin in a white one

Different ends of the spectrum There always seems to be some learning up for grabs when two worlds collide, the strength and benefit of difference as ever it seems. The current overlap is between having to write code for a game in the console world, and building an application for the internet. One it would seem is a mad burnout sprint to an arbitrary dead line invented by marketing, or some other external force ..... which you then walk away from dead or alive. The other is a preparation for a marathon, where the foundations of the future are are laid. Get them mixed up at your peril. Black Box Knowing that there is no future, that the code does not have to touched ever again and the perceived "value" of the product is the external behaviour, then console and sold product coding is black box (patches and updates aside, which in a way prove the point I'm making). Design, planning and execution typically happen all at the same time in a Colombo style of execution "Oh