Re:Linux kernel: multiple x86_64 vulnerabilities
by digi_owl on Thursday December 18, 2014 @04:32PM
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I don't think it is a contempt at the existence of UX. But when UX gets in the way of efficiency. Something like being able to wrap up a common task in a script, rather than having to constantly poke at that wizard with its 1001 next buttons.
One of the things you get from doing something for decades is a very broad and deep understanding of the entire system. If you've been a developer for 35 years you've not only seen fads come and go, but you've also had a chance to use numerous systems from numerous perspectives and on both sides of the user/developer fence.
It only works if you've kept learning though. I've found that older devs occupy an extreme "U" distribution -- they're either utterly outdated or they're super-brilliant and can leverage tons of experience.
Another source of the problem is a lack of emphasis on -- or even contempt for -- UX among systems level (so-called "neckbeard") type developers. "Real men don't need ..."
Last but not least you've got the business models of many infosec companies which revolve around "streaming" constant "definition updates," patches, and selling loads of different one-off fixes for little problems.