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date: "2024-10-07T20:10:19.000Z"
title: "2024-10-07"
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> One of the most painful lessons beginners have to learn is just how often everyone is wrong about everything.

> Imagine a spreadsheet where every time you change something you must open a terminal, run the compiler and scan through the cell / value pairs in the printout to see the effects of your change.
> We wouldn't put up with UX that appalling in any other tool but somehow that is still the state of the art for programming tools.

> Large-scale data collection and testing may end up being the best path to providing helpful feedback.

https://www.scattered-thoughts.net/writing/pain-we-forgot/