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jedberg doesn't seem like a naïve person, glancing at his work history. Perhaps you could explain why you think this opinion is naïve?
by xapata 3y ago
jedberg doesn't seem like a naïve person, glancing at his work history. Perhaps you could explain why you think this opinion is naïve?
- Eisenstein 3y ago"There are two types of programmers: new ones who don't know how complicated things are, and experienced ones who have forgotten it" -from an article on HN the other day about setting up python envs.
- execveat 3y agoThere also are programmers who are aware of much more complicated things being done in sister projects, like JVM and JS runtimes in this case.
- xapata 3y agoAn appeal to authority? I suppose it'd be better if you named the article's author or linked to it.
- Eisenstein 3y agoNot appealing to anyone; I thought it was a clever quote. * https://www.bitecode.dev/p/why-not-tell-people-to-simply-use https://www.bitecode.dev/p/why-not-tell-people-to-simply-use EDIT -- Here is the quote: There are usually two kinds of coders giving advises. A fresh one that has no idea how complex things really are, yet. Or an experienced one, that forgot it.
- xapata 3y agoIt's clever, but like (almost) all such things, doesn't always apply.
- dekhn 3y agoEven skilled programmers often make the mistake of saying "why don't you just..." or "it's easy, just..." when completely ignoring large important factors, such as following process, ensuring backward compatibility, stakeholder alignment (ugh), and addressing long tail problems.
- xapata 3y agoYes, but it's reasonable to note such things instead of simply derogating the remark.