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1. ☆ Dmitri ☭ (yogthos@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 04-May-2022 19:39:33 UTC ☆ Dmitri ☭

   Much of complexity in software is a result of people trying to solve a hypothetical problem they think they'll have. My experience is that it's always best to write the simplest code that adequately solves the problem you actually have.

   • ☆ Dmitri ☭ (yogthos@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 04-May-2022 19:39:31 UTC ☆ Dmitri ☭

     in reply to

     • GrooveStomp

     @groovestomp haha yeah I find a lot of senior engineers like to build Rube Goldberg machines. My pet theory is that it's just a way for people to keep things interesting when solving boring problems. :)

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   • GrooveStomp (groovestomp@social.linux.pizza)'s status on Wednesday, 04-May-2022 19:39:32 UTC GrooveStomp

     in reply to

     @yogthos
     Them: This system is too complicated!

     (ie., They didn't write it and don't want to be bothered to learn it.)

     Them: Introduce 3 external services as hard dependencies with runtime dependency injection. Nothing is documented and it is not obvious where to make changes.

     Them: There! Simpler!

   • GrooveStomp (groovestomp@social.linux.pizza)'s status on Wednesday, 04-May-2022 19:39:33 UTC GrooveStomp

     in reply to

     @yogthos Do you have like 1000 years of experience or something? 😆
     I know developers with >10 years experience more than me who still write software for theoretical problems and make everybody's lives worse as a result.