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I’m half convinced that developers self-inflict incidental complexity to justify their job at some level. And also because they have a poor technical aesthetic
by mattgreenrocks 6y ago
I’m half convinced that developers self-inflict incidental complexity to justify their job at some level. And also because they have a poor technical aesthetic and don’t know that it can be better.
- jokethrowaway 6y agoI caught myself thinking this as well. TBH, I feel the same about most professions, politicians in primis. But if I have to think rationally "Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity"
- konjin 6y agoWhy?
- webmaven 6y ago> Why? Malice implies intent, which absent supporting evidence may be an unwarranted assumption. This is a form of attribution bias. For that matter, assuming stupidity can be an attribution bias as well, as the action being judged may be random, ill-informed, or otherwise subject to additional context of constraints or circumstances we aren't privy to.
- mattgreenrocks 6y agoYeah. I don’t see it as stupidity, but entirely rational behavior in the face of complex existential issues.