Graham Lee personal blog
YX Problem
Software people are always all up in the XY problem: someone asks about how to do X when what they're really trying to solve is Y. I find the YX problem much more frustrating: where software people decide that they want to answer question Y even though what someone asks is question X. I've seen...
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- 90
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Software EngineeringTools & Productivity2024
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| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 2024 | YX Problem by rkta | 109 | 90 |
