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> Everything is overbuilt and over designed now. Yes and no. In a way it's the same problem we (engineering) has always had. That is, technical decisions are m
by chiefalchemist 3y ago
> Everything is overbuilt and over designed now.
Yes and no. In a way it's the same problem we (engineering) has always had. That is, technical decisions are made based on (engineers') egos and not on the needs of the client / product.
Those used to be mainly decisions that impacted hardware and/or backend. Now they mainfest on the frontend. UX and QA should be speaking up but either don't exist (in some products), don't have the experience, or don't have the juice / power to say "this is crap. Fix it."
We have met the enemy and he/she/they is us.
- abwizz 3y ago> UX and QA should be speaking up as long as only human subjective criteria have to be met, this is easily handled with marketing. </s> "For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." -R. Feynman
- chiefalchemist 3y agoObjectively speaking, entering the first character in a select should bring you to the first option with that letter. For example, a select of States or Countries. Yet, that's too often not the case anymore. That is, you have to scroll over the list. How does anyone - engineers included - believe that's not shite?