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> Counter-argument: coming up with your own, carefully considered solutions to every technical challenge is absurdly time-consuming. You should really understa
by ori_b 6y ago
> Counter-argument: coming up with your own, carefully considered solutions to every technical challenge is absurdly time-consuming.
You should really understand the problem you're trying to solve. Once you understand the problem, evaluating a solution is not so hard.
And implementing a solution without understanding it is negligence that will bite you in prod sooner or later.
https://blog.nelhage.com/post/computers-can-be-understood/ https://blog.nelhage.com/post/computers-can-be-understood/
- quickthrower2 6y agoThere just isn’t time for what I think you are saying. Analysis is a cost itself. Shortcuts have to be taken to get anything done. Judgment is required to navigate those shortcuts. Some might be unknown unknowns.