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Re:The Grug Brained Developer by userbinator on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @12:16AM (#38080224)
I wouldn't call those "smart people". They're not much beyond mediocre, but see overcomplicating things (which in many cases they will dogmatically explain away as being a "best practice") as a way to make it appear like they're smart.

The smartest are those who can make complex problems look simple, with simple solutions.

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Re:The Grug Brained Developer by darkerside on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @01:42AM (#38080734)
And they're never really appreciated, since those problems end up looking so simple in hindsight
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Re:The Grug Brained Developer by maccard on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @04:42AM (#38081790)
Disagree. When you look at a "less is more" engineer next to a "I need to solve the general case with the perfect API and refactor the foobar" after 6-12 months you'll notice that the former has a clear pattern of delivering, and the latter... usually doesn't.
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