Synchrotron Hardware Fixation Syndrome (SHFS)
Diagnosis:
- A neurotic spending of all effort on custom novel synchrotron hardware without consideration and similar effort put into software analysis requirements
Effects:
- Beamlines can have very low productivity due to data analysis being unnecessarily problematic and taking months or years of analysis (kludging together a software solution)
Possible Cure:
- Make sure equal amounts of effort are spent on i) hardware, ii) data collection and iii) analysis software