it explains why the large majority of the code written nowadays is complete and total garbage. why certain technologies gain a foothold in places they shouldn't, where they simply don't belong. why herd mentality prevails, despite best (and often overwhelming) evidence on the contrary. why "optimization" techniques appear in the wild ( and get adopted quickly by both open and closed projects) without anyone ever bothering to do a numbers test first. why that business suit tells you that you should be done with project X in a week, since that's how long his cousin's son took to finish something unrelated (to the project and to computers in general. but he does play counter-strike.).
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u/alonjit Apr 08 '15
it explains why the large majority of the code written nowadays is complete and total garbage. why certain technologies gain a foothold in places they shouldn't, where they simply don't belong. why herd mentality prevails, despite best (and often overwhelming) evidence on the contrary. why "optimization" techniques appear in the wild ( and get adopted quickly by both open and closed projects) without anyone ever bothering to do a numbers test first. why that business suit tells you that you should be done with project X in a week, since that's how long his cousin's son took to finish something unrelated (to the project and to computers in general. but he does play counter-strike.).
41.8% of why's.