Private Data Considered Harmful
  
    Private Data Considered Harmful
    
    
    People can't make good abstractions for anybody but themselves.
    
    
    Let me see your data.
    
    Emacs is a great example of this. 20+ years of developement, tons of real world use. A complete mess. Just like a fair amount of real systems development going on out there.
    
    Let me see your data. If you change it on me; that's cool. I have regression tests.
  
  
    #  — 01 May, 2004