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Then how do you ever stop someone over-engineering, or building things you aren't gonna need? "Can you just..." is exactly the right question to ask to pull som
by jameshart 10y ago
Then how do you ever stop someone over-engineering, or building things you aren't gonna need? "Can you just..." is exactly the right question to ask to pull someone back from that trap.
Can you just solve the problem you know about and worry about the edge cases you suspect you'll run into later? How do you know that solving for that problem is important? Don't try to build a complete system in one go, build something that just solves part of the problem.
- jachee 10y agoIsn't this what the "Yes" section of the article covers?
- jameshart 10y agoNot really. My point is that 'just' is a critical part of incremental development. Having a swear-jar for any time anybody uses the word means you're basically banning asking sensible questions.
- oldmanjay 10y agoNo question in the world requires "can you just" in front to be asked in a semantically equivalent manner. I'm not sure why you consider it critical but I'd love to be edified.