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I don't think that's the proper interpretation. It isn't so much that you have to make everything you use, but rather, what you do make you should use.
by suby 2y ago
I don't think that's the proper interpretation. It isn't so much that you have to make everything you use, but rather, what you do make you should use.
- eru 2y agoSo the guys making spacesuits should be astronauts?
- piva00 2y agoThey don't need to be an astronaut to wear the prototypes and check how they fit, how they allow you to move or not move, how convenient it is to access the tool belt, etc.
- eru 2y agoHmm, maybe. But using a product in anger is very different from just kicking the tires.
- robertlagrant 2y agoThey do need to to test it in space or in a rocket taking off/landing. Otherwise they're just running unit tests.
- ofrzeta 2y agoThe equivalent would be just wearing a helmet or a sleeve. If they are wearing the whole suite they are end to end testing in staging opposed to production.
- MarcusE1W 2y agoThey don’t have to be astronauts in the same way as as the programmer of a word processor does not have to work in office administration. But if said programmer has to write a letter and uses a different word processor you would raise an eye brow. I think it definitely would be a good idea if the creators of a space suit wear it and try to do some light DIY with it.
- eru 2y agoMaybe. I'm not sure. I can imagine that some programmer would prefer LaTeX, even if they work in the Google Docs team (or the Microsoft Office team). That wouldn't raise much of an eye brow from me: Google Docs isn't exactly aimed at programmers.
- zaphirplane 2y agoYour 2 comments made me laugh - funny
- eru 2y agoThanks for appreciating them. I actually think something like the sentiment expressed in https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40594627 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40594627 is approximately true, but it would need quite a few qualifiers.