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Re:Why Programming is Difficult (2014) by njharman on Saturday January 30, 2016 @02:32PM (#11003337)
Too many guys like this are what makes software dev hard. Too many yahoos who think its just about code. Code is only an implementation detail of how most dev is done today. Even today, code isn't about the code. It's about explaining your program, your process, wtf you where thing when designed this thing to the next guy/gal.

Sadly, what too much code tells us is "Design? That's what gui people do, right? I just kept typing stuff until it worked enough for non-technical person to think it was OK or we ran out of money/time."

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Re:Why Programming is Difficult (2014) by dclowd9901 on Saturday January 30, 2016 @02:40PM (#11003376)
So much this. My cohorts and I aren't spending hours talking about why we should use es2015 or typescript or whatever else. We're spending hours nearly coming to blows over how to properly implement a Flux architecture.
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Re:Why Programming is Difficult (2014) by its2complicated on Saturday January 30, 2016 @02:59PM (#11003468)
Too many sentences like, "you where thing when designed this thing to the next guy/gal" make reading hard. Slow down dude, wtf?
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