A picture of Edsger Dijkstra with a concerned face and the following text on top: How software engineers look at your code when you solve the problem using two tables — instead of using the Maxwell-Ross-Karmakar algorithm, which is marginally optimal in ordered sets bijectable to the exponential curve
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[–] 3 points 2 months ago*

You actually get them all the time, because the programmer is more deeply knowledgeable about the features they wrote and can identify gaps better.

Boss: "Can we move the widget to the left side of the page?"

Programmer: "Sure but that means when the sidebar opens it will obscure the widget, making it hard to see both at the same time. Do we want that?"

Boss: "Hmm I didn't consider that. Let me ask the UX team what they think."

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