Re:Gradle Still Sucks
by alex_lav on Wednesday April 26, 2023 @01:20AM
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> why do you think git sucks?
DX is awful. Inconsistent, unnecessarily confusing, obvious and common usability paths aren't straightforward. The simpliest example: why isn't "git undo" a thing?
> From my perspective is one of the fundamental tools behind modern software engineering.
This dogmatism is the root cause behind the lack of improvement. People insist it's already good enough.
> yet so simple to use.
Simple until it's not, which is almost immediately.
> I’ll even go ahead of myself to believe you’d be able to make a successful tech company just providing a “git for X” where X is another industry
Few other industries would be so convoluted into thinking such a terrible user experience would be allowable.
DX is awful. Inconsistent, unnecessarily confusing, obvious and common usability paths aren't straightforward. The simpliest example: why isn't "git undo" a thing?
> From my perspective is one of the fundamental tools behind modern software engineering.
This dogmatism is the root cause behind the lack of improvement. People insist it's already good enough.
> yet so simple to use.
Simple until it's not, which is almost immediately.
> I’ll even go ahead of myself to believe you’d be able to make a successful tech company just providing a “git for X” where X is another industry
Few other industries would be so convoluted into thinking such a terrible user experience would be allowable.