alt Hacker NewsAuthor is saying that some decisions aren't as obvious as "my code should be reliable under high load". Some decisions are tradeoffs that require you to have domain/technical expertise to answer.
Author is saying that some decisions aren't as obvious as "my code should be reliable under high load". Some decisions are tradeoffs that require you to have domain/technical expertise to answer.
And some do require design thinking. Like sndio or alsa, drm, caddy, … With no domain expertise and technical knowledge, a lot of software are out of scope.