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Programmers have very little understanding of computers, in general. They'll think hard about a beautiful unrealistic idealisation of the problem, and/or treat
by inigyou 1mo ago
Programmers have very little understanding of computers, in general.
They'll think hard about a beautiful unrealistic idealisation of the problem, and/or treat a software abstraction as if it's the underlying reality, e.g. (of the latter) thinking networking starts with HTTP and languages start with JavaScript.
- abanana 1mo agoAgreed, except IME this is "junior web developers" rather "(real) programmers" in general.
- inigyou 1mo agoMel wouldn't. But Mel isn't programmers.
- dang 1mo agoCan you please see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49512349 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49512349 and, in the future, share some of what you know instead of putting down others?
- inigyou 1mo agoJust read the contract from the other side! If focusing on idealistic software abstractions instead of the problem is bad, the implication is that focusing on the problem is good. If treating a software abstraction as the underlying reality is bad, the implication is that looking below it to the actual underlying reality is good.