The Curse of Knowing How, or; Fixing Everything | Blog (notashelf.dev)
from firelizzard@programming.dev to programming@programming.dev on 06 May 17:09
https://programming.dev/post/29856797

Reposted from Hacker News, it was #6 when I looked so you may have already seen it but I thought it was worth reposting. I am not the author.

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PunkRockSportsFan@fanaticus.social on 06 May 17:16 next collapse

Great article thanks for sharing.

I love the part of

“Knowing when to stop”

lol. I feel attacked

You learn how to program. You learn how to fix things. But the hardest thing you’ll ever learn is when to leave them broken.

And maybe that’s the most human skill of all.

portnull@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 06 May 20:49 next collapse

Personally I have the restraint they are talking about. It’s just laziness in disguise though

MachineFab812@discuss.tchncs.de on 17 May 12:14 collapse

Laziness gets a bad rap, stupidly bad when you look at how work-obsessed many 1st-world countries are, and the effects that has on people’s health, empathy, and the ability to leave well-enough alone.

Ephera@lemmy.ml on 06 May 20:56 collapse

I do find the pipeline pretty funny:

  1. I’m bad at programming, I should find some side-projects to practice.
  2. I can solve some things, I should find some side-projects to put that to use.
  3. I can solve pretty much anything, given enough time, I really need to cut back on side-projects to free up time.