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by ozim 779 days ago
At work for company product problem is that everyone has an opinion on UI/UX.

It is just super hard to get people agree on one way or the other.

No one has opinions on my database design or architecture.

I can see how OSS project leaders that are developers not really wanting to deal wit UI/UX drama where everyone can make up something and you have to fight for every small detail.
3 comments
xorcist 778 days ago
> No one has opinions on my database design or architecture.

Oh dear, if you only knew ...

I have personally seen both those things gridlock entire teams, to the point where people would rather quit than continue working.

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vbezhenar 779 days ago
Does everyone have reasonable opinion? Like do they present an objective reasons for their opinion? If all they can say "I don't like it", this opinion means nothing. Rarely people can meaningfully argue about UI changes.
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atoav 778 days ago
The relationship between the perceived importance of the thing and the amount of people who have strong opinions it is inversely proportional.

The less meaningful a change is the more people dare to voice strong preferences.

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ozim 779 days ago
Even if their “I don’t like it” doesn’t add value it still that they are business people or other devs or QA that we work together on daily basis.

I still have to manage emotions and validate their feelings and I can’t just say “fuck off, we do it my way”. Which of course is taxing emotionally especially when I have to deal with my own emotions not to feel attacked when presenting something and gettin people “on the spot, ideas”.

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sgarland 778 days ago
> No one has opinions on my database design or architecture.

As a DBRE, I have many opinions about schema design. Unfortunately, they are often not well-received, because Some Grifting Blog told them their way was fine, and who am I to argue?

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