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Discussion on: Why is coding so ridiculously overcomplicated?

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Matthijs

People, and dev in particular always want things to be "better". I mean the whole purpose of this post is to see if we can improve things. But it's indeed so easy to fall into the trap of changing things for the sake of changing things... or worse, to show off you're better. I actually think we seek individuality... and in some cases people think superiority is the same thing.

Another thing we shouldn't underestimate tho is the expectation of change... if a github repo didn't have any updates in a couple months it's considered dead... How about it's good as it is and we don't need any new crap? While often there is a (rightful) demand for new things, there's also an implied motivation to come up with new features because otherwise we can fire the product & engineering team. So self-preservation is also an important factor.