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> 1. What were the drivers and motivators for you to try Nix? What did you hope to achieve? I wonder how many people would honestly admit "I see it mentioned i
by MuffinFlavored 4y ago
> 1. What were the drivers and motivators for you to try Nix? What did you hope to achieve?
I wonder how many people would honestly admit "I see it mentioned in a lot of comments/headlines from articles posted on HN and I assumed if it is good enough to be mentioned, it'll probably solve a problem I didn't know I had"
- ocimbote 4y agoI'd call that curiosity. "I hear about it a lot, I'm on my personal time, let's see what it's all about" seems very acceptable to me. Not every good thing needs to be seen from an analytical perspective.
- MuffinFlavored 4y agoI don't disagree, but where do you draw the line from "curiosity" to "I'm letting the herd think for me and anything they dictate as interesting, I am a victim and I must investigate it because they said so"
- ocimbote 4y agoI don't draw the line. As a developer, in my personal activities, I don't draw the line. As a developer, in my work, I work with others to collectively agree to be on one aide or the other of the line. Even when we're retrospectively wrong. Sometimes, you can't know. As a manager, I help engineers do the above.