Where the field disagrees · creative
Why You Document Your Invention
1Voldman links documentation to disclosure behavior — recording what you invented so it can be properly and fully disclosed
2Pressman links documentation to legal standing and establishing your priority date
What turns on it · Whether you document for completeness or for provability changes what you record, how you date and witness it, and what protection it buys you in a dispute.
Drawn from Get A Patent — read it free, in full.
Where the field disagrees · eng
Upfront Architecture Versus Emergent Design
1Deferral of detail decisions and evolutionary architecture favor delaying commitment until you know more
2Upfront-architecting evidence (making_software) favors early risk resolution before committing code
What turns on it · Commit too early and you lock in wrong assumptions; commit too late and you resolve a fatal risk after it is expensive to change.
Drawn from Write Code That Survives Contact — read it free, in full.
Where the field disagrees · family
Parental Sanity Versus Child Optimization
1toddlers_are_aholes reframes success as parental sanity, acceptance, and lowered standards rather than perfecting outcomes
2the enrichment-oriented books frame success as optimized child development through deliberate effort
What turns on it · Which goal you hold determines whether you feel like a failure for a messy, unoptimized day or accept it as normal toddlerhood.
Drawn from Raise A Toddler Through The Early Years — read it free, in full.