Solving Wrong Problems
Commenters argue that projects, tools, or decisions are addressing the wrong problems, optimizing suboptimal metrics, or using workarounds instead of fixing root causes in software development and engineering.
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Shhh! People don't like being told that they're solving the wrong problem.
Ah yes, a variant of the "Why don't you just..." (insert trivial, wrong solution to hard problem here)
“I’m pretty sure they’re doing it wrong but can’t be bothered to figure out a better way” is not super persuasive.
Oh yes, the classic "people won't understand that so let's go with the bad solution".
It's not a whataboutism, it's an "optimize the right problem first" remark.
You're conflating what the smart thing to do is with what's actually done. :)
People like to do a lot of not well justified hand waving. Author is not exempt from this.
It would be a shame if you are only making some things easier to reason about instead of everything.
How about not fucking things up in the first place? It's stupid to cause an unnecessary problem because one day we might have a solution.
You're making a classic mistake. People are telling you problems, and instead of trying to solve them, you're justifying the reasons. Classic fail.