RE: Great But Vexing Technology
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I totally understand your frustration, especially when you think of the time spent solving these technical problems instead of taking full advantage of the platform. Technology, however advanced, can sometimes slow us down with its whims.
I'm a developer, so I know exactly what you're talking about.
However, I hate to go looking for bugs. I know that you find them without necessarily paying attention.
But for my part, I know it's hard enough to solve a bug without breaking the rest of the project, so I don't pay attention. Some will say I'm lazy, others will say I'm a bad developer, but I'd say I'm tired and prefer to spend my time innovating new features on my projects. But sometimes I don't have the choice but to work on bugs, and I can tell you that when that happens, it's better not to tell me what to do 😆
Yeah there's definitely a fine balance between fixing bugs and putting out new software. Bugs are annoying but they will never be completely gone. It's the balance of what is important and impactful versus what is "nice to have" type stuff.
I work in the IT realm as well, though not a developer but I talk to them nearly every single day so I know the struggle!
I did hear of someone that had a funny sign in their office "There are no bugs, there are just undocumented features." and I got a great laugh at that!
Haha, I love that phrase, it's exactly what I'm going to say to my customers now.
Well, maybe not because I don't want to lose customers. But in any case, I'd think about it very hard!