The author complains that developers argue about their tools and methods, insist on their favorite techniques, but produce (more) worse apps. Particularly for the amount of time and effort expended on developing the apps.
The thing is: the debates aren’t naive. They’re exactly trying to workout the details.
When someone says, hey forget postgresql and just use SQLite, and someone else says good luck if you hit n rows, and someone says it can easily handle n+m rows with x memory …
Well they’re trying to solve the problem of (more) better apps with their limited resources. That’s essentially the problem of development.
Asking people to solve development without discussing the tools and methods is to misunderstand the nature of the discussion.
It’s like telling authors to get on and write better novels and not waste time with their opinions on character and plot.
The thing is: the debates aren’t naive. They’re exactly trying to workout the details.
When someone says, hey forget postgresql and just use SQLite, and someone else says good luck if you hit n rows, and someone says it can easily handle n+m rows with x memory …
Well they’re trying to solve the problem of (more) better apps with their limited resources. That’s essentially the problem of development.
Asking people to solve development without discussing the tools and methods is to misunderstand the nature of the discussion.
It’s like telling authors to get on and write better novels and not waste time with their opinions on character and plot.