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425 points sfarshid | 1 comments | 24 Aug 25 16:18 UTC | HN request time: 0.207s | source
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kh_hk ◴[24 Aug 25 16:44 UTC] No.45005681[source]▶
I am honestly surprised how we went from almost OCD TDD and type purism, to a "it kinda works" attitude to software.
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1. Dilettante_ ◴[25 Aug 25 15:26 UTC] No.45014891[source]▶
Literally just read a blogpost[1] about this. Gist: The two ebb and flow in waves. "It kinda works" produces innovation, OCD hones the artifacts until it runs out of material and the cycle continues.

[1]https://worksonmymachine.ai/p/safe-is-what-we-call-things-la...