I have such immense respect for the kind of people that made GOAL. From the powerpoint, it states that it was made by one developer over a year-ish, and solely supported it through the development of Jak and Daxter.
It's the kind of confidence like that, in a very aggressive market, where delays are killer, but knowing that you can make a tool that would help make an even better product.
Apparently the team had difficulty picking it up and using it for a while, and lots of issues that would run the development machines into the ground. Through all that, they still produced a very refined and high quality product on a tight deadline.
Anecdotally, introducing Angular to a group of seasoned developers, more experienced in RPG and JCL than anything web-wise, over the course of a month was enough to lose sleep on. Heavy respect for that developer and the team as a whole.
It's the kind of confidence like that, in a very aggressive market, where delays are killer, but knowing that you can make a tool that would help make an even better product.
Apparently the team had difficulty picking it up and using it for a while, and lots of issues that would run the development machines into the ground. Through all that, they still produced a very refined and high quality product on a tight deadline.
Anecdotally, introducing Angular to a group of seasoned developers, more experienced in RPG and JCL than anything web-wise, over the course of a month was enough to lose sleep on. Heavy respect for that developer and the team as a whole.