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I’ve found that whenever I think “why don’t other people just do X” it’s because I’m misunderstanding what’s involved in X for them, and that generally if they
by mock-possum 1y ago
I’ve found that whenever I think “why don’t other people just do X” it’s because I’m misunderstanding what’s involved in X for them, and that generally if they could ‘just’ do X then they would.
“Why don’t you just” is a red flag now for me.
- chii 1y agothis applies to basically any suggested solution to any problem. "Why don't you just ..." is just lazy idea suggestion from armchair internet warriors.
- 90s_dev 1y agoNot always. I love it when people offer me a much simpler solution to a problem I overengineered, so I can throw away my solution and use the simpler one. Half the time people are suggested a better way, it's because they're actually doing it wrong, they've gotten the solution's requirements all wrong in the first place, and this perspective helps.