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Re:Stop Learning Frameworks by seanmcdirmid on Tuesday December 18, 2018 @12:36PM (#18708549)
Isn't that really selection bias though? Projects with bad management simply don't make it. Those with bad algorithms make it but with lots of accrued technical debt.

Reading a soft skills book is like taking mandatory anti-corruption training at work. It is boring because its obvious, but unfortunately some people still need it.

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Re:Stop Learning Frameworks by tracker1 on Tuesday December 18, 2018 @07:30PM (#18711942)
It depends... a given software application that only has a handful of users on a dedicated server can totally survive a less than perfect implementation. Right now I'm working on an application that will be deployed to multiple independent customer sites. That same application will never likely see more than 1k users on it at the same time (mostly about 20).

How much effort should be made towards optimization, or custom data stores? Or just use {insert favorite sql dbms}?

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Re:Stop Learning Frameworks by seanmcdirmid on Tuesday December 18, 2018 @07:55PM (#18712079)
Again, bad software project management can over engineer as much as they can under engineer.
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Re:Stop Learning Frameworks by beat on Wednesday December 19, 2018 @09:46AM (#18715894)
Soft skills aren't as obvious as they seem. That's why we need books about them.
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