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Sometimes it feels like people talk about this sync/async issue in a vacuum. But often there is a real need to get a response from the recipient in a timely man
by v1l 4y ago
Sometimes it feels like people talk about this sync/async issue in a vacuum. But often there is a real need to get a response from the recipient in a timely manner. You can't just sit around twiddling your thumbs waiting for a response hours later because until then you might be blocked.
It isn't just the big things that could block you. A small piece of feedback, an opinion on a design decision, a review of your approach etc all require relatively quick and synchronous responses or you end up in multi-hour or multi-day long chain of async discussions. Business can't move at that speed.
- lolsal 4y ago> It isn't just the big things that could block you. A small piece of feedback, an opinion on a design decision, a review of your approach etc all require relatively quick and synchronous responses or you end up in multi-hour or multi-day long chain of async discussions. Business can't move at that speed. In my experience, the folks that ask for immediate feedback on those kinds of things are the kinds of folks that don't understand they are often not small or relatively quick things. Often they aren't accounting for the cognitive cost of context switching.