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This is kind of a thought-terminating cliche, though. Not that a lot of "considered harmful" essays necessarily have much substance, but actually pointing out t
by vezzy-fnord 11y ago
This is kind of a thought-terminating cliche, though. Not that a lot of "considered harmful" essays necessarily have much substance, but actually pointing out that a lot of popular software is architected in a harmful manner and reinforces negative feedback loops, antipatterns and wrong conceptual frameworks is a legitimate thing to say in general.
Dismissing such criticisms with "It works for me," "If you don't like it, don't use it," or "Who cares about X? I just want my Y to work!" is annoying and by definition anathema to any technical discourse. They're vapid emotional arguments.
- cholantesh 11y agoI would rather see a discussion of how a potentially destructive mechanism could be improved, particularly one as ubiquitous as REST. But I imagine a lot of these essays are not particularly well thought out; they're just an expression of momentary frustration that the author won't hold a month or even a week after publishing.