[woodruffw]

> That's a long way to say "yes, actually"

"Because I don't like it" makes it sound like I don't have a technical argument here, which I do. Do you think it's polite or charitable to reduce peoples' technical arguments into "yuck or yum" statements like this?

[btreecat]

> > That's a long way to say "yes, actually" > > "Because I don't like it" makes it sound like I don't have a technical argument here, which I do. Do you think it's polite or charitable to reduce peoples' technical arguments into "yuck or yum" statements like this?

When you say something comes down to engineering "taste" then you've already reduced your own argument.

[woodruffw]

I don't know whether this intentional or not, but you seem to be omitting the context where "taste" comes into play: it's not about which things are better or not, but about exercising discretion in how much variety to expose in a large system.

If it makes things easier for you, you can substitute between these two.