Even if you're right, this isn't really useful because what you're saying is not actionable. I don't have a "use discipline" switch I can just turn on. Learni

Even if you're right, this isn't really useful because what you're saying is not actionable. I don't have a "use discipline" switch I can just turn on. Learning discipline comes from doing things the wrong way and being reflective about it. Lots of times people learn these lessons the hard way so I can learn them the easy way. For example, some people(s) noticed all the ways you can shoot yourself in the foot with pointer arithmetic and noticed that all these bugs aren't even directly related to the problems you're trying to solve. I, for one, am glad I develop in a high level language that abstracts pointers away from me. I learned assembly language, C and C++, but I don't miss it. This isn't a dichotomy. Sure, good judgement and discipline are great, but abstractions that prevent bugs are great, too.