Re:Guietta – Python module to create simple GUIs
by petercooper on Friday July 03, 2020 @09:55AM
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It might be the best outcome for you, because your boss doesn't blame you. But it doesn't mean it's overall the best option.
Absolutely, and that's the real point. I don't think I disagree with any of your points, but perhaps I am more resigned to the fact that people act how people act. I'm not super experienced in this area (which is why I was enjoying the book in question) but I believe this is all related to the phenomenon of "ambiguity aversion" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambiguity_aversion). I'm interested in how to engineer around (or cheat) these biases rather than present a purely logical argument for one technology (or airport!) over another.
Re:Guietta – Python module to create simple GUIs
by carlmr on Friday July 03, 2020 @10:56AM
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Now I'm wondering if the best way to deal with this is to give the decision to the person who would suffer the consequences. If they make an informed decision for, e.g. Newark, that would maybe lessen the blaming if it goes wrong.
You seem to be mostly concerned with CYA here and in the JFK example.
>People pick AWS or JFK not because it's the best option but because it's guaranteed by popularity to not be the worst.
But this doesn't follow from CYA. It might be the best outcome for you, because your boss doesn't blame you. But it doesn't mean it's overall the best option.
I never had a great experience with IBM tools. They're the first example that comes to mind of software which gets bought because buyers aren't users in big corporations and buyers not having a personal incentive to choose better software.
In a large company with 100.000 employees where everybody loses 1h a week due to bad UX, slow UI and server restarts, you're losing multiple millions of dollars a week to protect your position.
If Newark is on average better than JFK, you're losing your executives time to protect your position.
I'm not saying protecting yourself isn't worthwhile, but it's a bad reason to pick tools from the company's perspective.