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by newsyyswen 1793 days ago
Way to describe the engineer/business disconnect.

You are proud of the complex problems which you have solved over the years. The business is proud of the little widget that made everyone's jobs a bit easier.

I've seen people take this lesson to heart and go full Wally.

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It was a little widget, just needed a bit of state persisted across sessions. The pain point was at page load, so about as far as most business pays attention. Also I do feel like it caused me to go full Wally without realizing it.
>I've seen people take this lesson to heart and go full Wally.

Who is Wally?