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.

[samir@mastodon.functional.computer]

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.

[deech@mastodon.social]

@samir many such stories, see also drag and drop guis vs what we have today.

[dysfun@social.treehouse.systems]

@samir the bad bit that we do really badly.

[samir@mastodon.functional.computer]

@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.

[rosactrl@social.vivaldi.net]

@samir oh, but you see, you don’t do the bad bit either…

[samir@mastodon.functional.computer]

(I posted this on a private chat and someone asked me to make it public, so if you’ve read it before, hi!)

[samir@mastodon.functional.computer]

@RosaCtrl People keep telling me they read the output! Are they shocked face not being truthful!?