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There's no "just" about this. Gerald Weinberg once suggested that whenever you hear the j-word ("just") you should mentally swap it out for "have trouble". For
by gruseom 14y ago
There's no "just" about this.
Gerald Weinberg once suggested that whenever you hear the j-word ("just") you should mentally swap it out for "have trouble". For example, "we'll just add that feature" means "we'll have trouble adding that feature". I think that may apply to "just" turning off that spigot.
He also recommended that the s-word, "should", be replaced be "isn't". Funny rules, but they work: you learn to notice those words as signs that we don't have a clear view of what we're talking about.