This is probably one of the most on-point comments on this. The Author in the blog seems...rather insufferable...to the point that they know it. Life is short

This is probably one of the most on-point comments on this. The Author in the blog seems...rather insufferable...to the point that they know it. Life is short but long enough to become specialized in deep wells and to have cursory knowledge in others. Understanding that what is easy to you is daunting to others is critical to knowing the places you are daunted by. I'm an engineer, I will be the first one to tell you that I can't tell you by memory every dev pattern known to man. But I also empathise with normal people. People just want normal, consistent solutions that work without needing to learn unrelated details. To a non-dev type, telling a person to run a program in a terminal after updating their package repos is like telling them to till their garden with a backhoe. "First, learn to operate a backhoe, it's easy and so much faster. Then..." This means this user has a garage full of normal garden tools..and then a backhoe. To a normal gardener, who isn't on a construction crew, this obviously is nonsensical. Helping people means helping them on their terms, not yours. Side detail: A few years back, the company I work for (B2C) held a poll in the Eng org that asked "What excites you most about your work?" There were poll options like "Solving hard technical problems", "Building great solutions for our customers", "Using new technologies", etc. "Building great solutions" was dead last with less than 5% of votes. We now are a product led organization with a focus on customer experience and I would say 75% of everyone in Engineering were replaced over the past two years. We just shipped one of the first actually UX-focused products by the company. It is so brutally clear why we wouldn't make progress in the past. Every choice was self-centered on what tech was flashy and cool rather than actually shipping.