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"Just in time" is a great expression. It resonates with me because there is an existing body of knowledge around doing things just in time to reduce waste, and
by a4isms 4y ago
"Just in time" is a great expression. It resonates with me because there is an existing body of knowledge around doing things just in time to reduce waste, and I think that's a lot of the motivation for learning things just in time:
1. You don't invest in learning something you won't use, and;
2. Learning something you will eventually use, but not in the near future, has an opportunity cost: What could you be doing with that time and attention that will produce value now?
I will make a separate comment describing what I think the drawbacks are, but I wanted to focus on my support for your preferred nomenclature.
- sokoloff 4y agoI do like the "just-in-time" label as well. It seems like the article is lamenting the fact that many of these become "not in time" learning in practice.
- a4isms 4y agoTrue, but having had a number of my own musings make the front page of HN, the author must embrace the fact that just because they write about Y , doesn't mean the audience won't pull on a thread and decide the important thing to discuss is actually X. :-)