this post was submitted on 26 Dec 2023
36 points (67.3% liked)

Programming

17532 readers
263 users here now

Welcome to the main community in programming.dev! Feel free to post anything relating to programming here!

Cross posting is strongly encouraged in the instance. If you feel your post or another person's post makes sense in another community cross post into it.

Hope you enjoy the instance!

Rules

Rules

  • Follow the programming.dev instance rules
  • Keep content related to programming in some way
  • If you're posting long videos try to add in some form of tldr for those who don't want to watch videos

Wormhole

Follow the wormhole through a path of communities [email protected]

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
snowe
Ategon
[email protected]
36
Here are 20 reasons why frameworks make us lousy programmers (chat-to.dev)
submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/programming
28 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

It is not accurate to claim that frameworks automatically make programmers bad. In fact, frameworks are powerful tools that can accelerate development, promote best practices, and facilitate code maintenance. However, it can be argued that overly relying on frameworks without understanding the underlying principles of programming may have some negative effects. Here are some reasons why this might happen:

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Just paint the wheel.

Don't fab your own spokes, rim, treads and bearings because the aesthetic doesn't fit.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Sometimes the wheels are made in a way that makes painting it more hassle than just making your own. Especially if the wheel is doing way more than what you need it to as well. Sometimes you just need it to roll and be red.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

This analogy has gone off the rails.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Like a train with wheels that have gotten too thick and uneven from the red paint applied to them