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I find most often people who are opinionated have very little knowledge on the subject. They are opinionated in an effort to try to keep discussions in a realm

I find most often people who are opinionated have very little knowledge on the subject. They are opinionated in an effort to try to keep discussions in a realm they feel they have some sort of expertise, but by definition their limited view makes them look silly to those with deeper understanding. I apologise for being off topic, but I really want “an opinionated X” to stop having some kind of positive connotation to junior devs.

popalchemist 2y ago
Limited is not intrinsically bad. Even if someone makes questionable decisions, the act of limiting the scope by defining specific interfaces/patterns has value in and of itself.
- 0x20cowboy 2y ago
  I agree, but limited isn’t the same as opinionated. In these types of usage, people seem to think they are opinionated because they are right. I think it’s misunderstanding the angst of knowledgeable people’s frustration with the world, by trying to emulate the frustration without having the actual knowledge or experience.
mystified5016 2y ago
I always read "opinionated program" as "I'm immature, don't understand my own opinions, and would rather force my opinions on you than examine my beliefs in any capacity" Extremely immature and "I'm an asshole and I'm making it your problem" behavior
johnny22 2y ago
I'm a big fan of opinionated software. This world is full of software that tries to do everything. A lot of the times I just want it to do the one thing really well.
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pmdfgy 2y ago
I'm not sure there is a relation between a program/library to be "opinionated" vs the skillset of the person who created it. In my case, I'm using the word because the library defines a set of rules and conventions to follow. They are indeed based on my experience. Are they perfect ? Probably not. And I'm totally open to review them if I missed things. That's how we all learn. Like any model (in a mathematical way), it is an approximation of the actual problem.

popalchemist 2y ago

Limited is not intrinsically bad. Even if someone makes questionable decisions, the act of limiting the scope by defining specific interfaces/patterns has value in and of itself.

0x20cowboy 2y ago
I agree, but limited isn’t the same as opinionated. In these types of usage, people seem to think they are opinionated because they are right. I think it’s misunderstanding the angst of knowledgeable people’s frustration with the world, by trying to emulate the frustration without having the actual knowledge or experience.

mystified5016 2y ago

I always read "opinionated program" as "I'm immature, don't understand my own opinions, and would rather force my opinions on you than examine my beliefs in any capacity" Extremely immature and "I'm an asshole and I'm making it your problem" behavior

johnny22 2y ago

I'm a big fan of opinionated software. This world is full of software that tries to do everything. A lot of the times I just want it to do the one thing really well.

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pmdfgy 2y ago

I'm not sure there is a relation between a program/library to be "opinionated" vs the skillset of the person who created it. In my case, I'm using the word because the library defines a set of rules and conventions to follow. They are indeed based on my experience. Are they perfect ? Probably not. And I'm totally open to review them if I missed things. That's how we all learn. Like any model (in a mathematical way), it is an approximation of the actual problem.