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Question - how could we use The Mediocrity Principle in our technology works, in our hacks, designs and developments? There seems to be some fundamental opposi
by chippy 12y ago
Question - how could we use The Mediocrity Principle in our technology works, in our hacks, designs and developments?
There seems to be some fundamental opposition to the principle in the world we live and operate in:
User centered design implies that the User is special.
Business and marketing say that the Customer is always right.
Solutions that seek to make things better, to improve the lot may go against the principle as the universe doesn't care either way.
- radley 12y agoYou essentially got it right. The Mediocrity Principle mean it's proper to put your users before yourself. From a code standpoint, it means you strive for "it just works", even if it means a lot of redundant code that doesn't match common expectations of best practices or adds a lot of "useless" work for the devs.