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628 points kiyanwang | 3 comments | 09 Apr 25 06:02 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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continuational ◴[09 Apr 25 07:54 UTC] No.43629848[source]▶
I think this "good devs don't complain" mentality risks real issues being overlooked and left unaddressed.
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OvbiousError ◴[09 Apr 25 08:17 UTC] No.43629982[source]▶
The full quote being

> Most developers blame the software, other people, their dog, or the weather for flaky, seemingly “random” bugs. > The best devs don’t. > No matter how erratic or mischievous the behavior of a computer seems, there is always a logical explanation: you just haven’t found it yet!

I don't see how you can conclude from that that real issues would be overlooked? I interpret this to be the opposite.

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1. zwnow ◴[09 Apr 25 08:24 UTC] No.43630019[source]▶
Idk lots of popular languages/tools simply suck, addressing issues is interpreted as crying about it by more experienced devs. Experienced that a lot in my career so far. So I think the original comment is fair.
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2. eptcyka ◴[09 Apr 25 08:46 UTC] No.43630148[source]▶
If an experienced developer looks at someone who tries to address suckage of a tool/language sucking and then characterises the behaviour as crying about it, it is the experienced dev that also takes part in the suckage.
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3. zwnow ◴[09 Apr 25 08:47 UTC] No.43630157[source]▶
Yea agree, sadly in dev communities there is a lot of gate keeping considering dev behavior on Stackoverflow for example.