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The Grug Brained Developer (2022)

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1087 points smartmic | 1 comments | 17 Jun 25 20:24 UTC | HN request time: 0.207s | source
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magarnicle ◴[17 Jun 25 23:01 UTC] No.44304941[source]▶
I know, I get it, but I've realised that I'm not actually grug-brained. The way my brain works, I remember things pretty well; I like to get into the details of systems. So if more complexity in the code means the app can do more or a task is automated away I'll make the change and know I'll be able to remember how it works in the future.

This doesn't mean OP is bad advice, just make a conscious decision about what to do with complexity and understand the implications.

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1. d4v3 ◴[18 Jun 25 14:08 UTC] No.44310039[source]▶
big brain dev say, "me add complexity. no problem."

grug whisper: “problem come later.”

grug see lone dev make clever code.

grug light torch for future archaeologist.