Re:The curse of being good in IT
by nyarlathotep_ on Friday April 14, 2023 @08:25PM
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> Customization is super fun but it's just another layer of complexity at the end of the day.
Feel like this often is a recipe for fragility too. I used to be big into customizing a linux environment and editors/IDEs for personal use, but often turned into an enormous time sink when troubleshooting would be required just to maintain usability.
Re:The curse of being good in IT
by hot_gril on Friday April 14, 2023 @08:39PM
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Yeah, I constantly heard people at work complaining about whatever minute changes broke their ultra-customized workflows. Past tense cuz they got laid off.
Feel like this often is a recipe for fragility too. I used to be big into customizing a linux environment and editors/IDEs for personal use, but often turned into an enormous time sink when troubleshooting would be required just to maintain usability.