'Just Let Me Code!' 372
An anonymous reader writes: Andrew Binstock has an article about the ever-increasing complexity required to write code. He says, "I got into programming because I like creating stuff. Not just any stuff, but stuff other people find useful. I like the constant problem solving, the use of abstractions that exist for long periods nowhere but in my imagination, and I like seeing the transformation into a living presence. ... The simple programs of a few hundred lines of C++ long ago disappeared from my experience. What was the experience of riding a bicycle has become the equivalent of traveling by jumbo jet; replete with the delays, inspections, limitations on personal choices, and sudden, unexplained cancellations — all at a significantly higher cost. ... Project overhead, even for simple projects, is so heavy that it's a wonder anyone can find the time to code, much less derive joy from it. Software development has become a mostly operational activity, rather than a creative one. The fundamental problem here is not the complexity of apps, but the complexity of tools. Tools have gone rather haywire during the last decade chasing shibboleths of scalability, comprehensiveness, performance. Everything except simplicity."
We need to talk about your TPS reports (Score:5, Funny)
It seems that you did not put the new cover letters on them.
Re:Who is stopping him? (Score:2, Funny)
Yeah, I got into "computers" because I was looking forward to a subversive career in hacking into corporate systems and selling their secrets to their competitors and to undermining the US. Now we just crack systems so we can sell email addresses to guys pushing dick pills. Reality really sucks.
Re:Who is stopping him? (Score:2, Funny)
Lol, I like this complaining format:
Yeah, I got into [specialty] because I was looking forward to a [edgy adjective] career in [exciting application of specialty]. Now we just [boring application of specialty] so we can sell [boring application revenue stream]. Reality really sucks.
Example:
Yeah, I got into machining because I was looking forward to a fast paced career in aerospace manufacturing. Now we just mass produce injection molds so we can sell crappy plastic coffee makers on ebay. Reality really sucks.
Re:Documentation (Score:4, Funny)
You don't gettit. See, if they documented node.js well, it would no longer have "nerd cred"; it would become Yet Another Boring Framework/Tool with 20 titles out like Learn Node.Js in 7 Days Unleashed Bible Face-First into the Deep End Without Water instead of an elite tool for elite nerds who can master the arcane and obtuse to write the distributed 3D TwitterFace.com and Fix ObamaCare.org in 3 days.
Re:"Just let me build a bridge!" (Score:5, Funny)
What about synergy? Where is the GOD-DAMNED synergy!? Oh shit, this project is totally going to fail.
Re:Code the way you want... (Score:5, Funny)
They will both become an obsession.
You will code all night long,
While you're singing a song,
That relates to your own retrogression!
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