帆船回顾会议
I help people use technology to work efficiently. I analyze the way people work, find broken processes and/or systems, and help find a solution using the most current technologies.
我帮助人们使用技术来有效地工作。 我分析人们的工作方式，查找损坏的流程和/或系统，并使用最新技术帮助找到解决方案。
I am not a strict academic. I am always looking for inspiration in odd places.
我不是一个严格的学术。 我一直在奇怪的地方寻找灵感。
Most people wouldn’t think that Northern New Jersey is a great sailing destination. But a few wonderful little lakes in the Garden state perfect for sailing. I was lucky enough to grow up within walking distance of such a lake. This lake had a no-motorboat policy, and it was perfect for a pre-teen to mess about in small sailboats and canoes.
大多数人不会认为新泽西北部是一个绝佳的航行目的地。 但是花园州的一些奇妙小湖非常适合帆船运动。 我很幸运能在这样一个湖的步行距离内长大。 这个湖实行禁止摩托艇的政策，非常适合未成年的年轻人在小型帆船和独木舟中闲逛。
My family had two sailboats in succession. The first was a Styrofoam bathtub with a single sail that my aunt and uncle gave us when they redeemed some cigarette carton coupons. It was the 70s and we had the “Kool” sailboat. I was too young to understand, but this was an incredibly successful marketing campaign by the cigarette company. Have a look at the article here: https://medium.com/the-end-of-the-road/a-kool-cigarette-sailboat-9545a6f3c6f3
我家接连有两艘帆船。 第一个是带有单帆的聚苯乙烯泡沫塑料浴缸，当我的姨妈和叔叔兑换一些香烟纸盒优惠券时，它给了我们。 那是70年代，我们有“ Kool”帆船。 我还太年轻，无法理解，但这是卷烟公司一次非常成功的营销活动。 在这里看看文章： https : //medium.com/the-end-of-the-road/a-kool-cigarette-sailboat-9545a6f3c6f3
Aside from being painfully slow, the Kool boat had the annoying habit of filling with water as you sailed. It couldn’t sink because it was made of Styrofoam. But you ended up sitting around in a wet bathing suit all afternoon regardless of how much you bailed.
除了痛苦缓慢之外，Kool船还具有在您航行时充满水的烦人习惯。 它不能下沉，因为它是由聚苯乙烯泡沫塑料制成的。 但是无论您获得多少保释，最终您整个下午都穿着湿泳衣围坐在一起。
After several summers we retired the Kool boat upgraded to a secondhand fiberglass skiff called a minifish. This was a smaller, slower version of the AMF sunfish. Every day the weather was decent I would walk barefoot down to the dock carrying the sail, rudder and center board and spent the afternoon exploring the lake.
几个夏天之后，我们退休了，将Kool船升级为二手玻璃纤维小艇，称为迷你鱼。 这是AMF翻车鱼的较小，较慢的版本。 每天的天气都不错，我会赤着脚走到码头上，背着帆，方向舵和中控板，花了整个下午探索湖。
The minifish didn’t have the bathwater problem that the Kool boat had. You sat on the fiberglass deck and put your feet in a little indent while you balanced the boat with your weight. There was even a strap to loop your foot through when you needed to lean way out to counter a stiff breeze. Great fun.
迷你鱼没有库尔船的咸水问题。 您坐在玻璃纤维甲板上，双脚缩进一点，同时平衡体重。 当您需要向外倾斜以抵抗微风时，甚至还可以用一条皮带环住您的脚。 非常有趣。
Years later I learned to sail larger boats in New York Harbor. These boats had a cockpit, an area toward the back of the boat where the crew would sit, control the sails, steer, and generally enjoy themselves. This was a much more comfortable, and dry version of sailing.
几年后，我学会了在纽约港航行更大的船只。 这些船有一个驾驶舱，在船后方的一个区域，船员可以坐在那里，控制帆，转向并通常自在。 这是一种更加舒适和干燥的航行方式。
But occasionally water would get in the substantial cockpit, especially when sailing on the ocean. I was a crew member on a sailboat from Bermuda to Long Island following the Newport Bermuda race one year. Passing through the gulf stream we encountered a storm that brought gusts up to 40 MPH. Waves were continuously dousing us as we pounded along.
但是偶尔水会进入坚固的驾驶舱，尤其是在海上航行时。 一年后，在纽波特百慕达比赛之后，我是一名从百慕大到长岛的帆船船员。 通过海湾，我们遇到了一场风暴，使阵风高达40 MPH。 当我们不断前进时，海浪不断地淹没我们。
That’s when I observed the miracle of design that is the self-bailing cockpit. It sounds complicated but it’s genius in its simplicity. With a large sailboat, the deck of the cockpit is above the waterline. In the back of the cockpit there is an opening that empties into the ocean. So, if any water gets into the cockpit, gravity empties it out for you. Incredibly simple.
从那时起，我观察到了设计奇迹，那就是自动上水的座舱。 听起来很复杂，但简单却是天才。 对于大型帆船，驾驶舱甲板位于水线以上。 在驾驶舱的后面有一个空洞，通向大海。 因此，如果有水进入驾驶舱，重力就会将其排空。 非常简单。
What do I take from this?
我从中得到什么？
1) Anticipate failure. Water is going to get in the cockpit. It must be removed.
1)预期失败。 水将进入驾驶舱。 必须将其删除。
2) Strive for simplicity. No pumps to fail, no moving parts.
2)力求简单。 没有泵故障，没有活动部件。
3) Make it fail safe. There’s no need for an operator or alerting mechanism.
3)使其失效安全。 无需操作员或警报机制。
These are key ideas for software development. When you write a code module, you must be clear about what you are trying to accomplish. Good code anticipates, traps, and handles errors. This is basic, but people still forget. Most modern programming languages and development environments are good about telling the programmer when he/she has made a mistake. There are also good programs to check your code for these problems.
这些是软件开发的关键思想。 在编写代码模块时，必须清楚要完成的工作。 好的代码可以预期，捕获和处理错误。 这是基本的，但人们仍然会忘记。 大多数现代编程语言和开发环境都善于告诉程序员何时犯错。 也有不错的程序来检查您的代码是否存在这些问题。
But the self-bailing concept is also useful when you think about business processes in general. For example. If you are developing an enterprise search environment, you are designing to provide people with good search results. When someone searches for a term and the system gives a good response quickly then your cockpit is dry.
但是，当您通常考虑业务流程时，自我保全概念也很有用。 例如。 如果要开发企业搜索环境，则要设计给人们提供良好的搜索结果。 当有人搜索一个术语并且系统Swift给出良好的响应时，您的座舱就干了。
But what happens when this does not happen? How can you define your self-bailing cockpit? How do you design a system that will recognize that your search results were inaccurate and then make corrections to get the correct results returned and prevent this in the future?
但是，如果不发生这种情况怎么办？ 您如何定义自己的自驾座舱？ 您如何设计一个系统，该系统将识别出您的搜索结果不准确，然后进行更正以获取正确的结果并在以后防止这种情况发生？
Some things you might consider:
您可能会考虑的一些事项：
- When the search results returned, was anything clicked on then rejected?
-返回搜索结果时，是否单击了任何内容然后将其拒绝？
- When the search results returned, was another search run without clicking on anything?
-返回搜索结果时，是否在不单击任何内容的情况下运行了另一个搜索？
- Did the searcher scroll down through multiple search pages?
-搜索者是否向下滚动了多个搜索页面？
- Did anyone else for the search term? What, if anything, did they choose from the search results?
-搜索字词还有其他人吗？ 他们从搜索结果中选择了什么(如果有的话)？
Modern Machine learning algorithms help with all the above and help to get closer to our world of dry cockpits. Google search uses these techniques for constantly improving search results. Even the enterprise search embedded within Microsoft’s SharePoint product applies these self-refining techniques.
现代机器学习算法可为上述所有方面提供帮助，并有助于更接近我们的干燥驾驶舱世界。 Google搜索使用这些技术来不断改善搜索结果。 甚至嵌入在Microsoft SharePoint产品中的企业搜索都应用了这些自动优化技术。
When we talk about Knowledge Management, we aim to get the right information to the right people at the right time. Search is great when someone recognizes when they need to seek information. Our searcher makes a proactive choice to search and evaluate results.
当我们谈论知识管理时，我们的目标是在正确的时间向正确的人提供正确的信息。 当有人认识到他们需要寻找信息时，搜索就很棒。 我们的搜索者会主动选择搜索和评估结果。
What if we could get the right information to the right person even when they didn’t know that they needed it? What if we could nudge or remind people that there is something that they should know that would make them work better.
如果即使他们不知道合适的人，我们仍然可以将正确的信息提供给合适的人，该怎么办？ 如果我们可以推动或提醒人们他们应该知道的某些事情会使他们工作得更好，该怎么办。
We’re starting to see this in Gmail. Reply to an email, and potential responses magically appear. Begin a sentence, and Gmail will try and complete your thought as you are writing. Gmail can even remind you when to follow up or include an attachment referenced in your email. In all these examples, you don’t need to think, Gmail is helping.
我们开始在Gmail中看到这一点。 回复电子邮件，潜在的React就会神奇地出现。 开一个句子，Gmail会在写作时尝试并完善您的想法。 Gmail甚至可以提醒您何时进行跟进或在电子邮件中引用附件。 在所有这些示例中，您都无需考虑，Gmail可以为您提供帮助。
So where do you need self-bailing cockpit’s in your organization? In what ways are you sitting around in a wet bathing suit? When water is coming over the side rails are you bailing like crazy? Or are you confident that you have nothing to worry about?
因此，您在组织中需要自保座舱的地方吗？ 您以什么方式坐在湿泳衣旁？ 当水从侧栏滑过时，您会发疯吗？ 还是您有信心不用担心？
翻译自: https://medium.com/the-innovation/the-crucial-lesson-about-system-design-i-learned-on-a-sail-boat-cd07bc692805
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