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Why don't more developers “use the platform”?

304 points · 318 comments · vinhnx

  1. amelius · · focus · HN ↗
    The main reason is flexibility.

    One day your boss stands next to you and asks: "can you move this border three pixels to the left", and the only correct answer is "but that requires a complete rewrite".

    1. murkt · · focus · HN ↗
      One can also ask why that is needed and how it will make product better. Is that the highest priority to move a border three pixels to the left?
      1. amelius · · focus · HN ↗
        Well, people caught in the Apple universe seem to be capable of going pretty berserk about a few pixels left or right.

        I don't think anyone was ever able to talk reason into them.

      2. bcjdjsndon · · focus · HN ↗
        Just do what you're paid to do codemonkey and stop arguing
        1. amelius · · focus · HN ↗
          That's no way to talk to people, even in the AI age.
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