I’ve noticed this as well - they don’t view software building as a form of engineering that can be learned from basic principles of computer science, but instead as magic.
So the go to for every solution is to find a third party library from a “real” witch or wizard, and follow its basic tutorial. Maybe try to customize it a bit at most.
If something breaks, just start randomly moving things around or copying and pasting more code from forums until it works.
I can’t live like that. I need to know why something’s not working, AND why it IS working. I like stepping through my code with a debugger just to make sure things look right, even when they’re working.
I think the craziest part, though, is just how much people with this “software is magic” mindset can actually get just by brute force cobbling things together.
So the go to for every solution is to find a third party library from a “real” witch or wizard, and follow its basic tutorial. Maybe try to customize it a bit at most.
If something breaks, just start randomly moving things around or copying and pasting more code from forums until it works.
I can’t live like that. I need to know why something’s not working, AND why it IS working. I like stepping through my code with a debugger just to make sure things look right, even when they’re working.
I think the craziest part, though, is just how much people with this “software is magic” mindset can actually get just by brute force cobbling things together.