Bulldozer00's Blog

Induction is the process of synthesizing a generalization from a set of particulars; a mental step up in abstraction from many-to-one.

Deduction is the process of decomposing one generalization into a set of particulars; a mental step down in abstraction from one to many.

A good personal software design process requires iterative execution of both types of sub-processes; with liberal doses of random reflection thrown into the timeline just to muck things up enough so that you can never fully retrace your steps. It’s pure alchemy!