“The ‘developer experience’ bait-and-switch works by… implying that by making things better for developers, users will eventually benefit equivalently. The unstated agreement is that developers share all of the same goals with the same intensity as end users. This is not true.”
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On one hand, I love this piece by
@slightlylate. On the other, I’m so tired of hearing this over and over. Why are we, as an industry, incapable of learning that user experience trumps developer comfort? https://infrequently.org/2018/09/the-developer-experience-bait-and-switch/ …2 replies 3 retweets 11 likesShow this thread -
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Developer experience frequently overrides other factors. Not making a value judgement, just an assertion of fact. IE 4 was preferred by developers over NN 4 even when it was far less popular with users because it was easier to program for.
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People use gc'd languages when a manually managed one would provide a better ux because it's easier and more productive.
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Engineering is about tradeoffs. If you believe this issue is important then you need to change the incentives.
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I'm working on that too; it's slow going.
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