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That’s an ad hominem attack. It shuts down conversation rather than encouraging it. Not the level of discourse we should be seeing on here. Everybody is allowed
by bluesnowmonkey 5y ago
That’s an ad hominem attack. It shuts down conversation rather than encouraging it. Not the level of discourse we should be seeing on here. Everybody is allowed to have an opinion regardless of their background.
Anyway I have >20 years of experience and say kreeben has a point. The popularity of this library is working against it, preventing it from reversing bad decisions, and multiplying the harm. Sometimes it’s worthwhile in the long run to throw away the “battle tested” thing in favor of a newer, simpler alternative.
- csmpltn 5y ago> "The popularity of this library is working against it, preventing it from reversing bad decisions, and multiplying the harm. Sometimes it’s worthwhile in the long run to throw away the “battle tested” thing in favor of a newer, simpler alternative." You can say that about anything, I don't get your point. Talk about not adding substance to the conversation... Some bugs are difficult to fix, and sometimes how we fix something has to be weighed against things like backwards-compatability. That a certain fix makes sense to you, doesn't mean it's a done story. It's not dead weight being dragged around - it's the consequence of having millions of enterprises all over the world directly depend on your software - so you actually have to spend the time finding a proper solution first, not just improvising. Your customers are banks, healthcare, goverments, schools, and so on. "Move fast and break things" doesn't work here. 20 years in this industry, so you should know better.