[bastawhiz]

> if it is incompetent with the thing you gave it to do, don't give it more stuff to do.

When my code doesn't work, I don't sunset the code, I fix it. Why would the best course of action be to stop trying instead of fixing the root of the problem?

[zdragnar]

If your code doesn't work, it could be anything from a minor typo to a bad abstraction based on bad assumptions that requires a full refactor to get correctness and / or minimum acceptable performance.

About 90% of that scale requires sunsetting at least some of your code and doing something differently.

[mhb]

When your Maytag dishwasher breaks after a month, do you think the best thing to do is to buy a Maytag washing machine?

[bastawhiz]

I don't say "I'm not using a dishwasher anymore" I figure out how to get the dishwasher that's in my kitchen fixed.

[mhb]

Fine. So advocate for fixing OSHA instead of revamping the entire health care system.

[bastawhiz]

It's almost as if we should do both!