SmallTools

TeleDyn on them : http://www.teledyn.com/mt/archives/001975.html

Takes it to the logical extreme. Couldn't we manage software at the smallest granularity, the object (or even interface), and dynamically install (cache locally) that as and when needed?

Compare :

• PhilipGreenspun on something similar : http://philip.greenspun.com/research/software-pricing
• http://www.mikeindustries.com/blog/archive/2004/11/speeding-up-browser-evolution
• GrahamLally on Lego-like internet : http://www.exmosis.net/node.MagpiesandLego_Bricks
• IanBicking on little apps : http://blog.ianbicking.org/little-apps-instead-of-little-frameworks.html

See also :

• SmallPiecesLooselyJoined,
• TheArtOfUnixProgramming,
• WorseIsBetter,
• BangTheRocksTogether, OnGranularity
• MicroContent / BillSeitz:NodeWeb / BillSeitz:ObjectBrowser
• ProgrammingWithAndInWiki