Comment by silveroriole

I get you... I spent so long hearing “why dont you just [incredibly useless and patronising suggestion based on manager’s knowledge of the code/industry as it was 10 years ago]”, it drove me insane. “Why don’t you just” is ok if someone’s been stuck on something for, say, a day. Weeks or months? You’re definitely missing something that makes the task so hard, and you will infuriate the developer by approaching it as if you know best.