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Graeber said that maintaining and repairing software is a bullshit job because you can just write it correctly the first time. Yeah thanks genius, we're all ou
by suprjami 4y ago
Graeber said that maintaining and repairing software is a bullshit job because you can just write it correctly the first time.
Yeah thanks genius, we're all out here intentionally writing bugs just to keep ourselves employed.
This from a man who developed his theory over a decade from a short essay to widespread social research to talks and interviews then finally to a book. Why didn't he just write the final book the first time?
Graeber's theory is the only thing that is bullshit here. May his theory rest in peace with him.