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You can frame anything as being good for you if you search for reasons and ignore any downsides: - "Coffee reduces risk of developing Parkinson's" - "Wine hel
by umvi 1y ago
You can frame anything as being good for you if you search for reasons and ignore any downsides:
- "Coffee reduces risk of developing Parkinson's"
- "Wine helps reduce heart disease"
- "Nicotine stimulates cognitive function"
Like many other drugs, caffeine has some upsides, but also some pretty significant downsides (its dependency-forming properties being one of the big ones).
And since this is HN, adding new dependencies to your life seems analogous to code: Introducing new dependencies to your repo should be done thoughtfully and carefully. Sometimes the pros outweigh the cons (the dependency does something that would save you a ton of work), but there are usually downsides to taking on dependencies as well (increased security liability, relinquished control over part of your stack, more build complexity, slower builds, etc)
- jrm4 1y agoYour code analogy is horrifically bad. It strongly suggests against, e.g. the covid vaccine.
- ifyoubuildit 1y ago> It strongly suggests against, e.g. the covid vaccine. Is that why the analogy is bad? In other words, if a line of reasoning leads you away from the covid shot, then that line of reasoning must be flawed (horrifically, even)?
- umvi 1y agoI'm having trouble following your reasoning. Covid vaccines are not physiologically dependency-forming, unless you just use your own will power to decide that you want to turn it into a dependency in your life. though they do have other trade offs (risk of getting ill, etc).