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tomcamyesterday at 5:24 PM1 replyview on HN

Amen. I couldn’t have said it better.

In general for the 40+ years I’ve been a programmer I have detested the practice of not surfacing diagnostic information to users when technology makes it possible to do so in a clear and unambiguous way.


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graemepyesterday at 6:16 PM

Most users tend to ignore diagnostic information.

"What did the error message say"

"I don't know."

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