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There are plenty of examples of programmers writing systems that are too grandiose to solve simple problems, as well as programmers writing systems that are hac
by nihilocrat 18y ago
There are plenty of examples of programmers writing systems that are too grandiose to solve simple problems, as well as programmers writing systems that are hacky and not reusable enough.
Too many people are looking for a definitive silver bullet on either edge of the spectrum, but there is none. Every problem will call for a solution that is somewhere in the middle.
- jrockway 18y agoThere are plenty of examples of programmers writing systems that are too grandiose to solve simple problems, as well as programmers writing systems that are hacky and not reusable enough. People should try more of the first -- there is way too much of the second. If your project is going to fail horribly, at least write some open source libraries. ;)
- blasdel 18y agoA library used by only one project has a pretty high barrier to use. A library used by zero projects is going to be nearly useless!