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Programmers make mistakes in the category of "why didn't they learn from other people's mistakes?" in large projects all the time. In any project of sufficient
by munchbunny 7y ago
Programmers make mistakes in the category of "why didn't they learn from other people's mistakes?" in large projects all the time. In any project of sufficient complexity (not exclusively programming projects), you'll inevitably find something that falls into that category. I've typically seen this type of error as the result of trying to balance trade-offs of the "you had to be in the room at the moment" sort, and then you fix it later when it's a real issue for you.
I like that this post points out the issue, and I hope it gets fixed.
- TeMPOraL 7y agoI think more importantly, given the growth rates of our industry, an average programmer or designer has less than 2-3 years of any kind of experience in building software, therefore they didn't have time to learn about, much less from, other people's mistakes.