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elliotbnvl04/24/20251 replyview on HN

You do get to claim that you’re a good getting-places-er, though, which is the only point of commercial programming.


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bluefirebrand04/24/2025

Project Managers will tell you that "getting to a place" is the goal

Then you get to the place and they say "now load all of the things in the garage into the truck"

But oops. You didn't bring a truck, because all they told you was "please be at this address at this time", with no mention of needing a truck

My point is that the purpose of commercial programming is not usually just to get to the goal

Often the purpose of commercial programming is to create a foundation that can be extended to meet other goals later, that you may not even be remotely aware of right now

If your foundation is a vibe coded mess that no one understands, you are going to wind up screwed

And yes, part of being a good programmer includes being aware of this

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