First, it was Craigslist, next it's Zapier

Re:First, it was Craigslist, next it's Zapier by chiefalchemist on Saturday May 09, 2020 @08:46PM (#23129418)

I sum that up as: Making it look easy is very very hard.

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Re:First, it was Craigslist, next it's Zapier by dgudkov on Sunday May 10, 2020 @04:25PM (#23135847)

Not as hard as tedious. Here is a trivial example: your application generates a message that informs the user about the number of file copied. Most developers generate the message templated as this:

   {N} file(s) copied.

Which kinda works, but not so user friendly because "0 file(s) copied" sounds non-human. It should be "No files copied". What a more UX-focused developer would it is write something like:

   match N with
   | 0 -> "No files copied"
   | 1 -> "1 file copied"
   | _ -> "{N} files copied"

The latter is not very hard. It's just tedious work that many people don't do.

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