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might be a form of Jevons Paradox (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
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[–] -1 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Can you then give me your definition of "lazyness" The dictionary just gives me "the quality of being unwilling to work or use energy; idleness."

And i don't see it anywhere in this situation. They're asked to do a job a certain way (or for management, to make sure it happens in a certain way), and they do that to the best of their ability.

Could they do it better from an performance/software engineering standpoint if they had infinite time/budget? for sure. But that's not the world we live in.

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    In a way I understand him, the culture is too one sided in its values. There isn't a balance or a good middle ground. If you appreciate irony, it's too optimised for "features". For which I generally agree. So the people upholding these values are too lazy to find the balance.

    As an aside, every Dev I know would love to endlessly iterate and improve a single thing. So I understand finding that balance isn't easy either.

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago

    The "optimized for features" bothered me a bit of concept.

    I think i now narrowed it down on how i see it: It's optimized for predictability, and lack of need of really skilled people. Real optimization requires real skill, and is inherently unpredictable. You can aim high, but how achievable it is, isn't always clear up front. But the current way, makes software engineering more predictable, and hiring also, you just need average programmers who can more or less use frameworks the way they're intended, and that's enough.

    It's just planning for what you know is predictable, and you can actually promise to your customers. And it does kind of suck, but from an economic/business sense, i can kind of understand it...

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago

    And i don't see it anywhere in this situation. They're asked to do a job a certain way (or for management, to make sure it happens in a certain way), and they do that to the best of their ability.

    Nah, I'm sick of trying to get you to understand that it's not the person I'm talking about, but the mentality of management through the whole process. I don't know if you're just not reading the words I write or what, but I'm not willing to keep repeating the same point to a wall

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