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by austincheney 1983 days ago
The need for convenience libraries is like parenting with television. It doesn’t seem bad and is just so much easier in every possible way, but any objective observer readily sees the difference in quality of product.

The primary reason for that distinction is that you are willing to spend a tiny bit of effort on micro-improvements to quality of product or aren’t, just like parenting. Yes, the effort is ridiculously tiny because it pays for itself with only a trivial amount of practice.

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Not sure whether the comparison is apt. Especially during the lock down, parenting without using Media ... well, it does not involve a „trivial“ amount of practice or a „ridiculously tiny“ amount of effort.