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nobody goes to these restaurants for their omelets, though at the same time nobody should care how tailscale actually implements things so long as it works well

by dastbe 5y ago

nobody goes to these restaurants for their omelets, though at the same time nobody should care how tailscale actually implements things so long as it works well. imo they’re not solving a notoriously hard problem, they’re realizing that they have the tiniest version of this problem (and that will most likely continue to be true). when that’s the case and you want to prioritize stuff that moves the needle like dev velocity, why do anything less simple? getting hung up on building scalable solutions far beyond what you need is somewhere between a fool and a big co employees game. far too often people introduce complexity way before it’s needed, and that almost always slows down your devs ability to actually fix bugs and make the product more reliable.

tptacek 5y ago
They don't, but there are other "finesse" dishes that people do in fact go to restaurants for that are notable for their simplicity, and the fact that you can only pull them off if you have flawless technique. Japanese, in particular, is notorious for this.
- jimbokun 5y ago
  There’s a manga about a food critic (Oishinbou [1]), where he takes another food critic to a hole in the wall Tokyo restaurant as an example of elite cooking. The chef-owner brings him his meal. Which is just a piece of cooked fish, rice, and miso soup. The critic is first almost insulted by such a simple meal. But then realizes the fish, rice and soup are prepared to perfection, and is amazed at the chef’s skill. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oishinbo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oishinbo
  - mbreese 5y ago
    Which is basically also the ending of the Pixar film Ratatouille. The protagonist wows a critic with a simple dish prepared to perfection. It’s a common trope, but also true. “Simple” food prepared well can be much better than a complex dish with many flavors. Similarly, I’ve also heard (probably from a show like Top Chef, so YMMV) things like a salad or soup are also quick ways to differentiate chefs. In this case, it’s less about technique and more about identifying and mixing flavors. It works because there is no place to hide. You either have good flavor or not.
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by dastbe 5y ago

tptacek 5y ago

They don't, but there are other "finesse" dishes that people do in fact go to restaurants for that are notable for their simplicity, and the fact that you can only pull them off if you have flawless technique. Japanese, in particular, is notorious for this.

jimbokun 5y ago
There’s a manga about a food critic (Oishinbou [1]), where he takes another food critic to a hole in the wall Tokyo restaurant as an example of elite cooking. The chef-owner brings him his meal. Which is just a piece of cooked fish, rice, and miso soup. The critic is first almost insulted by such a simple meal. But then realizes the fish, rice and soup are prepared to perfection, and is amazed at the chef’s skill. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oishinbo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oishinbo
- mbreese 5y ago
  Which is basically also the ending of the Pixar film Ratatouille. The protagonist wows a critic with a simple dish prepared to perfection. It’s a common trope, but also true. “Simple” food prepared well can be much better than a complex dish with many flavors. Similarly, I’ve also heard (probably from a show like Top Chef, so YMMV) things like a salad or soup are also quick ways to differentiate chefs. In this case, it’s less about technique and more about identifying and mixing flavors. It works because there is no place to hide. You either have good flavor or not.

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