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Cognitive load is what matters

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1455 points nromiun | 1 comments | 30 Aug 25 12:58 UTC | HN request time: 0.209s | source
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insanebrain ◴[30 Aug 25 20:16 UTC] No.45077660[source]▶
I love love love monorepo + fat encapsulated modules + a couple of deployables. Why does the software industry create fake complexity/creativity in the craft? Fashion/hype architectures for dopamine and fulfilment. You're just wasting energy finding new ways to create machine code for hardware. Why not get creative in the hardware and actually make something new? Another thing that really grinds my gears, is how many human hours are poured into js frameworks instead of improving browsers. What an utter waste of time. Maybe mediocre engineers like me who could never design a CPU or extend a browser need to feel seen by embracing a new domain whatever concept to make us feel warm and fuzzy but not really innovate the real hard things that move the needle.
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1. zakirullin ◴[30 Aug 25 20:32 UTC] No.45077771[source]▶
Agreed on every point! From what I observed, some engineers try to express themselves through exciting architectures. They are proud of it, they get their dopamine. Their craft can't be simple, if it is simple then they are dull too. At some point in time some of them stop associating their code with themselves, and take somewhat business approach. Most of them do not pass this point, unfortunately.