Comment by yowlingcat
17 days ago
Someone here has lost the plot and at this point I wonder if it is me. Is software supposed to be deterministic anymore? Are incremental steps expected to be upgrades and not regressions? Is stability of behavior and dependability desirable? Should we culturally reward striving to get more done with less.
...no, I haven't lost the plot. I'm seeing another fad of the intoxicated parting with their money bending a useful tool into a golden hammer of a caricature. I dread seeing the eventual wreckage and self-realization from the inevitable hangover.
i always thought my job was to be able to prove the correctness of the system but maybe the reality is that my job was actually just to sling shit at someone until they were satisfied.
Is software supposed to be deterministic anymore?
I've never understood this argument. Do you ever work with other humans? They are very much not deterministic, yet they can often produce useful code that helps you achieve more than you could by yourself.