The same things he labels as "bullshittery" are those things that meant when I got into CS, I didn't have to hold a soldering iron, enter the CHS triplet from a hard drive's label into the BIOS, or write code in an assembler.
Other people's work, their "bullshittery" relieved me of a lot of tedious work that they DID do when it was their turn.
What makes their stuff "bullshittery" is that they did not write their code or even design it to carry out my wishes. They did it to carry out their designs. And what they wrote did not DWTheyWanted perfectly, because they were human. But they gave at least some thought to what others would do with their work. And that calls for a bit more respect.
I am right now learning Android app development. Are Intents and Activities bullshit?
The same things he labels as "bullshittery" are those things that meant when I got into CS, I didn't have to hold a soldering iron, enter the CHS triplet from a hard drive's label into the BIOS, or write code in an assembler.
Other people's work, their "bullshittery" relieved me of a lot of tedious work that they DID do when it was their turn.
What makes their stuff "bullshittery" is that they did not write their code or even design it to carry out my wishes. They did it to carry out their designs. And what they wrote did not DWTheyWanted perfectly, because they were human. But they gave at least some thought to what others would do with their work. And that calls for a bit more respect.
I am right now learning Android app development. Are Intents and Activities bullshit?