Subnostr

People don't realize that IT professionals actually learned anything difficult or have any talent.

But developing a large, complex system that is intuitive to use, stable, secure, and that you are planning to support and maintain for years is a massive undertaking.

Anyone can look brilliant building something small and simple.

Kristian 1y ago

Exactly. And quite a lot of folks ... are ignoring some basic aspects in here. Such as usability, scalability, reliability. Too many projects and products these days are optimistic and opinionated greenfield developments that expose obvious flaws as soon as you take a closer look. 😔

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Laeserin 1y ago

Yeah, it's like, Wow, cool! Something new and nifty!

And then you open it, and it crashes. And you restart and select an item and it freezes. And then you select the item 4 more times and it works. But it does it 4 times.

And then it freezes because your cache is full because reasons. Then you empty your cache and it immediately downloads 2 GB of data on your limited mobile plan, but at least it runs again.

And then WOOPS! your relays are gone and then your profile pic changes and your handle disappears and you wonder if your cell phone has a poltergeist.

And then there are the rampant regressions in mature functions...

Laeserin 1y ago

I'm always wondering about the state of their build server. Do they even have one?

Or is it all "push and pray"?

Kristian 1y ago

In most cases,it's probably just using tools because "oh well". Personal experience: People fail to understand that software development at scale and in a sustainable, reliable manner is not mainly about writing code or about playing with bleeding edge frameworks and libraries. This has ... interesting effects. 😕

Laeserin 1y ago

I sometimes suspect a chronic unit-test allergy.

Kristian 1y ago

Or to structured testing in general. And then there's still volkswagen. 🙈

Laeserin 1y ago

I legit am afraid to publish something untested. I would lose sleep.

I think sometimes they don't even click it.

Did you try clicking the button? The button doesn't click, dude! 🤦🏻‍♀️