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Ever make bug because you wrote code thinking about how you wanted it to work and forgot to consider how it could go wrong off of that happy path? I think thing
by acdha 2y ago
Ever make bug because you wrote code thinking about how you wanted it to work and forgot to consider how it could go wrong off of that happy path? I think things like this are basically the same problem: when someone is focused on the good outcome it’s just not the right context for most people to carefully evaluate possible negative events, especially low-probability ones. They’re thinking it’d be cool to get an ancestry report, maybe lifesaving to get notice of genetic problem, perhaps the excitement of a unknown relative, and unless there’s a neutral party involved the positives are probably going to win.