Sure, but all of that still doesn't make it OK. I've shipped things with non-optimal solutions - and if somebody ever had to waste two days like this on those t

Sure, but all of that still doesn't make it OK. I've shipped things with non-optimal solutions - and if somebody ever had to waste two days like this on those things, they'd have every right to be pissed. And yes some of these things does make people idiots - if it was beyond the programmer's ability to figure out, or if a 'framework' thought it was a good idea, that makes them idiots.