Comment by tantalor
9 days ago
They don't know, it's a total guess. That's why they hedge with phrases like "smell" and "if your goal..."
9 days ago
They don't know, it's a total guess. That's why they hedge with phrases like "smell" and "if your goal..."
Total guess implies that they closed their eyes and made a random choice. There's a reason why the top posts, including one by a lawyer (who recommends immediately shutting down the site before getting advice), are saying caution is very warranted.
Reminds me of the (so called) engineering teams I’ve worked with at high profile startups who dealt primarily with their software based on “code smell”. It was amazing. If you accomplished something that didn’t make your boss look smarter than you then it was a bad “code smell”. Logic be damned