>There are two schools of thought. One strives for correctness, even if that requires extra effort. Another is "anything goes as long as it somehow kind of works more than it doesn't."
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The world en masse is generally preferring the latter (picking the easiest solutions, no matter how shitty they are - that's how we ended up with what we have today), but among the engineers there are a significant number of people who believe that's how things should be.*
I often have trouble articulating this at work. I will steal this and use something like it when advocating for correctness as opposed to shitty short sighted solutions. Thanks
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The world en masse is generally preferring the latter (picking the easiest solutions, no matter how shitty they are - that's how we ended up with what we have today), but among the engineers there are a significant number of people who believe that's how things should be.*
I often have trouble articulating this at work. I will steal this and use something like it when advocating for correctness as opposed to shitty short sighted solutions. Thanks