> a lot of people, ESPECIALLY programmers, vastly overestimate the competence of the average person This is always true, but I think it's a slight misdiagnosis

> a lot of people, ESPECIALLY programmers, vastly overestimate the competence of the average person This is always true, but I think it's a slight misdiagnosis here specifically. The problem isn't over-estimating competence but under-estimating complexity. I've watched a bunch of very smart, highly-competent people bounce off JS; that's not a fault with them but with the ever-changing and overly-complicated ecosystem.