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by theplatman 161 days ago
Engineers say they want to work on hard problems then complain that they can’t solve something because it’s too complex
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The difference is this isn't an inherently hard problem. It's just stupidity. The difficulty is not inherently interesting, because it's all made up.
Seconded, compliance-induced complexity is the most asinine and tedious possible application of programming skills.