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https://grugbrain.dev/#grug-on-saying-no https://grugbrain.dev/#grug-on-saying-no > best weapon against complexity spirit demon is magic word: "no" > "no, gru
by epiccoleman 3y ago
https://grugbrain.dev/#grug-on-saying-no https://grugbrain.dev/#grug-on-saying-no
> best weapon against complexity spirit demon is magic word: "no"
> "no, grug not build that feature"
> "no, grug not build that abstraction"
> "no, grug not put water on body every day or drink less black think juice you stop repeat ask now"
> note, this good engineering advice but bad career advice: "yes" is magic word for more shiney rock and put in charge of large tribe of developer
> is ok: how many shiney rock grug really need anyway?
- Yodel0914 3y agoIt site is an amazing and hilarious encapsulation of pretty much every conclusion I've come to after programming professionally for 20+ years (except maybe generics)
- epiccoleman 3y agoI remember, early in my career, being excitedly shown the "Agile Manifesto" by a bearded older dev. I recently caught myself excitedly showing grugbrain to a younger dev, quoting the microservices section - and realized that I've come full circle, and now I'm the old bearded dev passing on some piece of thing that I found inspirational / exciting.
- bitwize 3y agowhen mysterious packages (new sandals, new animal skins, etc.) keep arriving at cave door for mrs. grug, grug not save very many shiny rock. also, wolves and sabretooth tigers get hungry, need grooming, need vet, etc. picky about food too, want expensive organic stuff. sometimes mrs. grug buy animal skins for wolves even though they have perfectly fine pelts of their own. and don't get grug started on lil' gruglets (which this grug not have). then no pile of shiny rock for rainy day, when shiny rock stop coming and cave mortgage is due. shiny rock very important. get as much shiny rock as can without compromising values. happy mrs. grug = happy grug.