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mcnylast Thursday at 10:25 AM2 repliesview on HN

Or trivializes other people's work. Like when a lead developer or a manager wants to chime in and say the story point estimate is too much and it should be smaller.

> Just do x, y, z

Ok then you take the story.

> Oh but I don't know frontend.

But you know the estimate is wrong?

I hate the word "just"


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chriswarbolast Thursday at 11:25 AM

> I hate the word "just"

This is one of those things that someone pointed out to me, I agreed with them and have since tried to avoid saying "just do ...", "why not just ...", etc.

However, that means I now really notice it from others. sigh

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axuslast Thursday at 3:37 PM

Always disliked that word. Replace it with "simply", then we can debate how simple it is.

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