Development and Opinion25 Aug 2008 03:41 pm

Alice Does, or It Does?

Over the past few weeks while developing the next version of the Windows Live Installer, I have had discussions with other developers over different parts of the system.  Each and every time we have some part of the software to discuss, I am always torn on how to describe what the software does.  Should I say something like “The engine does X, Y, then Z” or should it be “Alice’s code does X, Y, then Z”. 

I’m pretty sure that I have settled on “The Engine” instead of saying the developer who wrote the code. What does everyone out there think?

One Response to “Alice Does, or It Does?”

  1. on 27 Aug 2008 at 10:17 pm   Phil Harnish

    I use the name if it’s under code review and then “it” once it’s checked in/live. I never really thought about it… it might be because I can’t tell who wrote what when it’s all mixed back in.