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Tog's Paradox

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166 points adzicg | 1 comments | 22 Oct 24 12:05 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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jodacola ◴[22 Oct 24 13:46 UTC] No.41914216[source]▶
First I've seen this, but also: this feels like a slightly long-winded explanation of what we're actually trying to achieve through improving efficiency and such through software, right?

Make things easier and improve productivity, because we humans can do more with technology. Especially relevant in the current AI dialogue around what it's going to do to different industries.

> Consider an HR platform that automates payroll and performance management, freeing up HR staff from routine tasks. HR teams will need to justify what they do the rest of the time...

This quote, though, is one I'd like to further mull: added software complexity that is the result of job justification.

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ChrisMarshallNY ◴[22 Oct 24 13:49 UTC] No.41914241[source]▶
> added software complexity that is the result of job justification.

I have found that some folks like to be "high priest gatekeepers." They want to be The Only One That Understands The System, so they are indispensable, and it also strokes their own ego.

If possible, they might customize the system, so they are the only ones that can comprehend it, and they can often be extremely rude to folks that don't have their prowess.

I suspect that we've all run into this, at one time or another. It's fairly prevalent, in tech.

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1. psychoslave ◴[22 Oct 24 14:00 UTC] No.41914364[source]▶
I don’t know, I tend to prefer honing my skill at crafting simpler solutions. And if some colleague come with something simpler than my proposal, I will rather be pleased and honored to be able to work with bright minds that can cast more lights for me on path to more elegant patterns.