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Why do all these developers hate simplicity?
by tomc1985 10y ago
Why do all these developers hate simplicity?
- cocotino 10y agoBecause complexity lets them keep their jobs for longer. :-)
- CaptSpify 10y agoHonestly, I think it comes from the need to pad resumes. "Rewrote motd system" sounds a lot better than "Reviewed existing motd system, couldn't see any need for improvement"
- voidz 10y ago"all these"?
- digi_owl 10y agoA. Corner-cases. B. Paternalism.
- knieveltech 10y agoThis, more than anything else, is why I've come to truly detest web development generally and open source CMSs in particular.
- rakoo 10y agoBecause they have different needs ? Maybe they do want to see how many processes are running, who's connected, and some simple status on the machine, contrary to OP ? Their fault is not so much in complexifying motd, it's in removing the simple options for the majority of people who don't need the added configurability.
- tomc1985 10y agoComplex problems sometimes require complex solutions. I get it. But this implementation, where all are suddenly thrust into the complex solution for something that the collective memory determines to be simple, is a net negative. I have the same complaint about what has happened to Xorg.conf, or grub2. Yay, they are more flexible and dynamic. But they also run contrary to Unix philosophy of simplicity
- lallysingh 10y agoAre they paid? If so, how is their productivity measured? Sometimes complexity is one such measure.