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I think that's a bit harsh; it's more like "If you know how to issue instructions to a computer, you can derive anything else about the world from first princip
by jleader 11y ago
I think that's a bit harsh; it's more like "If you know how to issue instructions to a computer, you can derive anything else about the world from first principles."
- Zarel 11y agoAll I'm really getting is "everything has a lot more exceptions than you think". I don't think any of them about programmer hubris specifically. A lot of people could fail to realize that "23:59:60" is a valid time, for instance.
- alexvoda 11y agoIndeed. It's not that they apply only programmers. It's that programmers are the ones who have to deal with this mess.
- jakobloekke 11y agoI actually think these lists should be called "Falsehoods designers/PO's/etc. believe about x". As a programmer, you may have to neglect these complexities sometimes, even though you know about them and have made the case.
- WorldMaker 11y agoI think some of it too is herd logic. Oh the number of times I've gotten a PM or QA to say "You should validate this field in this particular way..." and the only response to "Why?" is "Because everyone does it that way."