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Re:"Be Different" doesn't work for building products anymore by pixl97 on Monday October 06, 2025 @12:57PM (#45493399)
Sometimes complexity exists because what you're doing is complex and their is a minimum to how simply it can be abstracted.
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Re:"Be Different" doesn't work for building products anymore by sfn42 on Monday October 06, 2025 @01:08PM (#45493539)
Yeah, but based on my own experience, most of the time complexity exists because devs suck. I know because I've simplified lots of code written by others, because rewriting it is simpler than maintaining their huge mess.
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Re:"Be Different" doesn't work for building products anymore by SoftTalker on Monday October 06, 2025 @02:28PM (#45494572)
Or because they used the project as an excuse to learn a complicated but (in this case) unnecessary framework or technology stack as an resume enhancer.
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