This is highly debatable. They look better, but whenever I inspect the walls and see what is holding the house together, I just shrug and leave my contact info, because I know I’ll be called to fix the mess.
> ...and building them increasingly feels like magic.
Engineering should not feel like magic to those with a proper education. Otherwise, we are merely practicing alchemy.
close04•4m ago
> This is highly debatable.
Unfortunately the author never even tried to debate. He made a big mental leap from "you can build houses in bulk and immediately remodel them with a click" to "the houses are better", with no word on how and why they are they better.
When something feels increasingly like magic it means you understand less and less of it. So in fact you are less and less qualified to say anything about the result.
The author is wowed by the process and the glitz and sees this as an equivalent to "quality of results".
mawadev•6m ago
The good old days when people were people and not just IDs
throwawayffffas•1m ago
> Every file had a comment at the top with the date and the author’s name.
Yeah that is most likely less about pride in the craftsmanship and more likely a reflex from bad source version control software.
dig1•14m ago
This is highly debatable. They look better, but whenever I inspect the walls and see what is holding the house together, I just shrug and leave my contact info, because I know I’ll be called to fix the mess.
> ...and building them increasingly feels like magic.
Engineering should not feel like magic to those with a proper education. Otherwise, we are merely practicing alchemy.
close04•4m ago
Unfortunately the author never even tried to debate. He made a big mental leap from "you can build houses in bulk and immediately remodel them with a click" to "the houses are better", with no word on how and why they are they better.
When something feels increasingly like magic it means you understand less and less of it. So in fact you are less and less qualified to say anything about the result.
The author is wowed by the process and the glitz and sees this as an equivalent to "quality of results".