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> > they deliberately seek elegant abstractions through which complex structures can be introduced, understood, and referred to efficiently." > Every develope
by erikpukinskis 7y ago
> > they deliberately seek elegant abstractions through which complex structures can be introduced, understood, and referred to efficiently."
> Every developer I've ever talked to believed down to their core that this was what they were doing.
Really? I’ve worked with a lot of people who are just trying to make the thing do the thing.
Even most of the people who are interested in good abstractions often are under such pressure to perform “I’m just shipping here don’t mind me” that they largely stop thinking about the right abstraction.
Maybe I’ve worked at too many troubled startups though lol.
- hinkley 7y agoNot all developers are doing this, no. But pretty much all the ones I’d like to strangle are. It’s elegant! No, your dumpster fire of a Second System Syndrome is not elegant. Fractal designs are not elegant. Also you are in your late 30’s. Why are you just having your second system syndrome now? </oddly specific>