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JackFr on Aug 11, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: Never use a dependency that you could replace with...

I’ve worked with dozens of guys who loved to reinvent config and logging frameworks, because ... I don’t know why.

I suppose because it was easier than working in the actual problem domain, which they knew little about and didn’t care to learn.

nothal on Aug 11, 2020 [–]

Herding devs to work on the boring-useful things instead of the interesting-solved things is slightly easier than herding cats.

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