So never right?

If the assumption is that a PM holds all the keys…

Almost like dealing with real engineers…

I mean without documentation… what is an API?

Use kodi for last mile?

VLC is great as a file playing app, terrible as a home server…

Now that’s a headline!

Think of it as a function you can unleash on others…

Aka “I have zero responsibility here.”

We are talking about about engineers whose careers are based around abstractions.

It’s funny how accountability is just ignored so that certain folks get to feel good.

Having worked in tech companies for decades, I’ve never once felt comfy with letting computer science majors just take the wheel… but I’m sure someone think this hits “hard”.

Historically it’s blamed on UX. PMs don’t create products they run MS Excel.

The gators are everyone that interacts with your code.

Game consoles

Move fast and break shit!

Passively displaying any stuff is the holy grail, but we get there step by step.

Holy shit that was weird.

The important thing is to be important. Engineering has to deal with teammates that don’t have these problems, so they equalize.

My first thought too! How could you talk shit on Blankman? J5!

There wasn’t an excuse in the first place. It’s kinda amazing anyone can say centering a div was ever hard, especially if you have a computer science degree.

I mean sure it’s different from say object-oriented programming… but it’s frankly weird in a professional setting hearing grown adults with plenty of experience struggle over basic front-end work.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KzblLESZBIM

WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY.

Now don’t look…

It’s like the end of Micheal Clayton.

Totally agree with you. Didn’t mean for an appeal to tradition, or a “we’ve always done it” type of reasoning.

While history sure as shit isn’t pretty, there is some measure of stability and institutional knowledge that we have developed and shouldn’t be written off.

Kinda like that quote from the economist that goes something like “we’re not on the gold standard because it’s some new wild idea, we’re not on the gold standard because of everything we know across history about the gold standard.”