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by thombat 398 days ago
And it starts with the all-too-familiar "Chesterton's Fence" arrogance of the domain expert who sees something done wrong and presumes that this is due to the ignorance or laziness of the doers, only to learn that there are sensible decisions made by sensible people behind it.
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Thank you for giving me the phrase "Chesterton's Fence".

Long needed.

If you like the phrase, you should read https://fs.blog/chestertons-fence/ to get the full context on what it means.