<![CDATA[I will never understand why we looked at modern programming, saw that there is a good bit, which is programming, and a bad bit, which is code review… and decided to automate the good bit at the expense of having to do a lot more of the bad bit.]]>I will never understand why we looked at modern programming, saw that there is a good bit, which is programming, and a bad bit, which is code review… and decided to automate the good bit at the expense of having to do a lot more of the bad bit.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/062ef19f-1380-47a6-9a2a-f75ff7da37eb/i-will-never-understand-why-we-looked-at-modern-programming-saw-that-there-is-a-good-bit-which-is-programming-and-a-bad-bit-which-is-code-review-and-decided-to-automate-the-good-bit-at-the-expense-of-having-to-do-a-lot-more-of-the-bad-bit.RSS for NodeFri, 17 Apr 2026 10:22:13 GMTFri, 10 Apr 2026 17:01:10 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to I will never understand why we looked at modern programming, saw that there is a good bit, which is programming, and a bad bit, which is code review… and decided to automate the good bit at the expense of having to do a lot more of the bad bit. on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 17:10:30 GMT]]>@RosaCtrl People keep telling me they read the output! Are they shocked face not being truthful!?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.functional.computer/users/samir/statuses/116381517779112454https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.functional.computer/users/samir/statuses/116381517779112454Fri, 10 Apr 2026 17:10:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I will never understand why we looked at modern programming, saw that there is a good bit, which is programming, and a bad bit, which is code review… and decided to automate the good bit at the expense of having to do a lot more of the bad bit. on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 17:09:20 GMT]]>(I posted this on a private chat and someone asked me to make it public, so if you’ve read it before, hi!)

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.functional.computer/users/samir/statuses/116381513209044919https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.functional.computer/users/samir/statuses/116381513209044919Fri, 10 Apr 2026 17:09:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I will never understand why we looked at modern programming, saw that there is a good bit, which is programming, and a bad bit, which is code review… and decided to automate the good bit at the expense of having to do a lot more of the bad bit. on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 17:08:51 GMT]]>@samir oh, but you see, you don’t do the bad bit either…

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/users/RosaCtrl/statuses/116381511285891411https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/users/RosaCtrl/statuses/116381511285891411Fri, 10 Apr 2026 17:08:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I will never understand why we looked at modern programming, saw that there is a good bit, which is programming, and a bad bit, which is code review… and decided to automate the good bit at the expense of having to do a lot more of the bad bit. on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 17:06:41 GMT]]>@dysfun We do it badly because it is bad, and contrary to popular belief, humans will not suddenly become good at doing something they hate if you pay them well and/or threaten their livelihoods.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.functional.computer/users/samir/statuses/116381502771069921https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.functional.computer/users/samir/statuses/116381502771069921Fri, 10 Apr 2026 17:06:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I will never understand why we looked at modern programming, saw that there is a good bit, which is programming, and a bad bit, which is code review… and decided to automate the good bit at the expense of having to do a lot more of the bad bit. on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 17:04:37 GMT]]>@samir the bad bit that we do really badly.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.treehouse.systems/users/dysfun/statuses/116381494659209844https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.treehouse.systems/users/dysfun/statuses/116381494659209844Fri, 10 Apr 2026 17:04:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I will never understand why we looked at modern programming, saw that there is a good bit, which is programming, and a bad bit, which is code review… and decided to automate the good bit at the expense of having to do a lot more of the bad bit. on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 17:03:37 GMT]]>@samir many such stories, see also drag and drop guis vs what we have today.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/deech/statuses/116381490695700559https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/deech/statuses/116381490695700559Fri, 10 Apr 2026 17:03:37 GMT