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Thursday, June 29, 2023

Mark Bernstein on defects vs surprises. Software decisions. Sharpening my knives.

Another thing I should try remembering.
A typical day
It's hard to know what is a defect, and what is merely a surprise. The cult of usability has enshrined the belief that anything a novice doesn't expect is a defect.

Mark Bernstein, Neovictorian Computing

I spend my days sharpening my knives but never actually cut anything with them.