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I think that's right, but a little overgenerous to engineers. We have our hangups, too. Say, which do you think is better, emacs or vim? Even in a data-drive
by jfarmer 18y ago
I think that's right, but a little overgenerous to engineers. We have our hangups, too.
Say, which do you think is better, emacs or vim?
Even in a data-driven environment oftentimes the argument gets pushed back from "what to do" to "what to measure."
- gnaritas 18y agoYou can't measure emacs vs vim like you can the effect of color or layout on conversion of an app. When measuring is trivial to do and results are easily seen to directly impact revenue, there's just no excuse to not do it.
- jfarmer 18y agoI agree. I'm just saying this isn't an "engineer" versus "designer" issue. Engineers have just as many "irrational" opinions as designers. Emacs vs. Vim, Ruby vs. Python, or whatever. And those things are quantifiable to some extent. Take a random sample of engineers, give them identical tasks to complete, and vary the editor.
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