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While I agree that it’s not useful if people are using this to show off, I’d prefer to deal with a few know-it-alls if it means that better product decisions ar
by haswell 3y ago
While I agree that it’s not useful if people are using this to show off, I’d prefer to deal with a few know-it-alls if it means that better product decisions are being made, and dev teams are spending less time building things that customers can’t use or didn’t even want.
The way I see it, there are failure modes with both extremes. I’d prefer the failure mode that involves some occasional annoyance over the failure mode that results in significant amounts of wasted code/effort, and a return to the XY framing anyway when things go wrong.
Ideally, people who are using this find a balance, and can recognize the difference between an obviously straight-forward request and something that needs deeper exploration.
It’s not perfect, but I think it’s a better default.