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This is why on the rare occasion that I find myself answering questions on IRC or Stack Overflow I always start with at least a simple answer to the question as
by 0xffff2 7y ago
This is why on the rare occasion that I find myself answering questions on IRC or Stack Overflow I always start with at least a simple answer to the question asked. Only once I've taken a stab at answering the question do I consider moving on to "but, what are you really doing..."
Another related type of question is a question born out of curiosity rather than need. Sometimes you want to do things just for fun to see how they work, but you get shut down every time you ask a question because "you should never do that in production".
- winstonewert 7y agohmm... so I do this in the opposite order... I start with, "hey, you probably shouldn't do this, but assuming for the moment that you really want to for some strange reason..."
- delecti 7y agoI think it's generally good to always do both, on both sides. If you're asking, start with what you want, and then a why. If you're answering, I'm not sure the order is as important, but starting with whichever is shorter is probably a safe general rule.
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- anfilt 7y agoI hate when people say you never should that in production. A lot times when I am doing something weird it's for fun.