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Tip: when your solution contains "just (do something)", it's never that simple.
by yetihehe 3y ago
Tip: when your solution contains "just (do something)", it's never that simple.
- athenot 3y agoYes! I'm always reminded of "Just is a Dangerous Word", from the original wiki: https://wiki.c2.com/?JustIsaDangerousWord https://wiki.c2.com/?JustIsaDangerousWord
- ChildOfChaos 3y agoAnd also a counter point, just because things are simple, doesn't mean it is easy. Those two things are separate and we often get them confused, when things are hard, we think it must be more complex than it is, which is not usually the case.
- arkh 3y agoWhen estimating time for a task, every occurrence of the word "just" doubles the estimate. "Just" always hide a lack of knowledge. Of the problem, of the environment, of the team, of what the future will be.
- fargle 3y agothat's cute, and it is often true. but not "always". sometimes when a group gets "wrapped around the axle" and the proposed thing is spiraling out of control (usually due to hallucinated requirements or group anxiety feeding on itself), "Just <simple option>" is EXACTLY what is needed, especially from a confident leader.
- yetihehe 3y agoYes, but <simple option> is not <action>. "Just implement it" may be said in spite of required complexity, "Implement just this one option out of many" is typically already defined and is a narrowing of scope.
- BeFlatXIII 3y agoI agree. Grammar matters. "Just do this one thing" is worthless blather while "do just this one thing, then consider next steps" is a necessary call to focus.
- DavidPiper 3y agoMy favourite take on this: > If your solution to some problem relies on “If everyone would just...” then you do not have a solution. Everyone is not going to just. At no time in the history of the universe has everyone just, and they’re not going to start now. https://squareallworthy.tumblr.com/post/163790039847/everyone-will-not-just https://squareallworthy.tumblr.com/post/163790039847/everyon...
- Swizec 3y agoAs a person with problems: “just do the thing” would solve about 90% of them. Unfortunately I’m spending all my time on other priorities/problems that I also have. Just do the thing is a lot more powerful than people realize. That doesn’t mean it’s easy. But it is often simple.
- mewpmewp2 3y agoThat is Nike for you.
- cainxinth 3y agoReddit advice threads are famous for this. Just quit your job and get a new one. Just divorce your SO of 10 years and try again. Just pick up sticks and move somewhere else. Easy-peasy, right?
- ChildOfChaos 3y agoThere was a thread yesterday which was on /r/getmotivated, the typical word spew from a teenager who had started a newsletter. Advising people that all they had to do is outlast everyone and that was easy because everyone else quit. They didn't seem to understand the difference between simple and easy, when I mentioned that was the hard part and the reason everyone else was quitting was because it was hard, there response was that 'they just needed discipline, which is easy'. So glad we have genius level thinking out there that has solved all of life's issues.
- WalterBright 3y agoThe solution to being overweight is simple. Eat less. But it ain't easy.
- vonwoodson 3y agoYES! "just" means hours and hours and hours [...] and hours of work!