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So you take code you don't understand and don't want to understand, and you use it to power someone else's business? Doesn't sound safe or professional to me. Y
by nperez 9y ago
So you take code you don't understand and don't want to understand, and you use it to power someone else's business? Doesn't sound safe or professional to me. You don't need to understand everything about every dependency, but you should absolutely be willing to dig in a little
- BugsJustFindMe 9y ago> So you take code you don't understand and don't want to understand, and you use it to power someone else's business? This is what we call a strawman. Also, I guarantee that you do exactly what you're glibly dismissing every day of your life.
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- rocky1138 9y agoYeah. I mean, taken to the nth degree, even driving a car is doing that. Surely the parent gets on a bus, drives a car, rides a bicycle, etc.
- shusson 9y ago> So you take code you don't understand and don't want to understand, and you use it to power someone else's business? Doesn't sound safe or professional to me That attitude sounds crippling to being productive. At some point you have to trust code based on usage, brand, peer-reviews etc.
- makomk 9y agoAside from the fact that everyone relies on code that they don't understand, looking at the code probably isn't going to tell you all that much about how it's meant to work, which is rather important when trying to fix a bug.