alt Hacker NewsThe cycle of expertise :
- what is X, I just do Y
- wow I can see so many limits of Y, now I do X
- I use X for literally everything
- now that I properly understand the limits of Y but also the heavy constraints of X ... maybe Y is enough
- I use Y for literally everything
rinse & repeat. The thing is with actual usage and actual context one does learn and thus can get away with a lot more "basic" solution but it does require genuinely understanding the limits.
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Yup, when I look back at the silly stuff I did when I was somewhere in the middle (CQRS + event sourcing I’m looking at you), it’s interesting.
It is a source of expertise, because you really learn a lot from it. But when you become old (43 over here), you really learn to appreciate “boring” solutions.
Persistence in folly leads a fool to enlightenment.