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Users who want things to "just work" aren't the entire target audience of software, and it's a huge misstep to act as if they are.
by LocalH 10mo ago
Users who want things to "just work" aren't the entire target audience of software, and it's a huge misstep to act as if they are.
- charcircuit 10mo agoTargeting users who enjoy debugging and troubleshooting software is not the way to develop high quality software. You shouldn't be purposefully adding bugs or corrupting installations just to give people problems to figure out.
- LocalH 10mo agoNobody said anything about "purposefully adding bugs or corrupting installations". What you're advocating is protecting the user from themselves, which is antithetic to the entire ethos of the hacker. Yes, you as a developer shouldn't fuck up the user's setup. But if the user fucks it up on their own? Then that's on them. Don't limit the power users because you want to infantilize the casual users.