[notTheAuth]

The author covers your perspective:

> But, that’s only because you are a noob and you don’t deal with the things that I have deal with.

> Someone on the internet

In conclusion: not all software problems require the same implementation.

I don’t run a DB for some deterministic applications I have that can regenerate the same outputs such I don’t need to store it all. I could, in theory, regenerate an entire data set with a seed. Maybe app developers are ignorant and lazy for not designing systems that do that!

What does your one story have to do with “software engineering” as a field?

Sounds like people are conflating problem solving and personal career demands.