Code quality: a concern for businesses, bottom lines, and empathetic programmers

Re:Code quality: a concern for businesses, bottom lines, and... by ducharmdev on Wednesday October 20, 2021 @10:45AM (#28931256)

Given any entity that yearns for its own survival (a person, a business, an organism etc): does it matter whether it's means of observing the world are imperfect if said means are good enough to ensure it's continued survival?

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Re:Code quality: a concern for businesses, bottom lines, and... by marginalia_nu on Wednesday October 20, 2021 @10:59AM (#28931439)

Is good enough all we're striving for? Is treading water the pinnacle of human accomplishment?

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Re:Code quality: a concern for businesses, bottom lines, and... by ducharmdev on Wednesday October 20, 2021 @12:59PM (#28933050)

For a lot of businesses, yes - that's exactly what they're striving for.

I think what's confusing to me about this and your previous point, is you mentioned this inability to access objective reality outside our own subjective experience, but now appeal to a shared human experience (i.e., there's a general human accomplishment we should all be working towards that goes beyond our subjective experience). I can understand one or the other, but it seems there's some tension between those 2 views.

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