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by simonw 190 days ago
Totally. I have dozens of "simple CLI tools" that I work on - and small plugins, and HTML+JavaScript utilities.

If I was hacking on the Linux kernel I would be delighted with myself for producing 40 lines of landed code in a single day.
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eikenberry 190 days ago
They are obviously talking about writing code against expectations greater than these simple tools. Why troll with the hyperbole?
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simonw 189 days ago
I don't actually think the CLI tools and JavaScript apps I work on are particularly "simple". I think they're the level of complexity that most developers spend effectively all of their time building.

Kernel / database / systems engineers are a pretty rare breed.

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