Writing a Manifesto may be cool. It may make you feel belonging to something historically relevant. But they are generally subjects to the law of unintended consequences. There are exceptions, naturally. I believe Mitchell Kapor A Software Design Manifesto is one of those few exceptions.
Over an interesting post by @Michele Sollecito where he maintains that software development is all design, there's been a lively conversation in the comment. I said in one of the comments that " Design is Dead " and the provocation was picked up. Here a brief comment on why I believe so. For the long answer, I am afraid you have to wait for my paper to be in a readable draft state (and please don't crowd 😀). Premise Martin Fowler in a 2004 long article maintained that software design has changed nature and as a result it is alive though morphed into something else. Jim Coplien , argues, correctly in my option, that it is wise and experience bears this out to get the structure upfront, otherwise you risk driving yourself into a corner, architecturally. I could mention hundreds. This is to set the stage i.e. it is a fundamental debate, and it’s not settled. Unless we introduce beliefs in the mix. Clarification : Talks of "design" abounds, they are everywher