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| You shouldn’t rely on your tools protecting you because they won’t. Strong agree. It's like when your toilet overflows and instead of using a plunger (becau
by Verdex 8y ago
| You shouldn’t rely on your tools protecting you because they won’t.
Strong agree. It's like when your toilet overflows and instead of using a plunger (because sometimes this causes a splash that will get on your shoes) you just reach in with your bare hands. I've used this technique hundreds of times and I've never gotten any toilet water splashes on my shoes.
[I get what you're trying to say, but it doesn't come off very well. All things being equal, tools are better than not tools. Being able to think and having tools is better yet, but why not give people tools if there are other options.]
- graphememes 8y agoHow does a plunger protect you? Does the water harm your shoes or were you negligent to spray protectant on them? At some point, humans are involved and this requires a level of responsibility. Whether you're responsible for maintaining your tool, so that they don't break, or maintaining your shoes so that when something goes wrong there are safety measures in place to ensure minimal impact. I'd say these measures and responsibility marker a "good" "coder" and the lack of, marker a "bad" or "inexperienced" "coder". I'm using quotations because people enjoy to pontificate over language. Huge circle jerks that are a waste of time.