On the sickness of our community

Posted Oct 9, 2014 7:29 UTC (Thu) by neilbrown (subscriber, #359)
In reply to: On the sickness of our community by kleptog
Parent article: On the sickness of our community

You "broken API problem" is also sometimes known as "The platform problem".

https://lwn.net/Articles/443531/

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On the sickness of our community

Posted Oct 9, 2014 11:50 UTC (Thu) by njd27 (subscriber, #5770) [Link] (1 responses)

The counter argument is that it is the "Cascade of Attention Deficit Teenagers" approach.

On the sickness of our community

Posted Oct 14, 2014 4:10 UTC (Tue) by ThinkRob (guest, #64513) [Link]

It's a balancing act. A good lead knows "when to hold 'em and when to fold 'em". A bad one recognizes that it's easier and more satisfying to start from scratch and is biased towards that. A lazy or shy one recognizes that it's less work and less risk to make small hacks to solve short term problems, and is biased towards that.