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Comment by mulberrybush

5 years ago

> Overqualified people working on a project can produce some heinous code

> You can get a lot of important if boring work done by 'average' or 'below average' developers

This is why google developed the go programming language - dumb enough that people can't build overly complex abstractions, but capable enough that average engineers can churn out productive work.

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