And this gets me thinking about a thing I have often heard from C programmers pushing back on the use of tools or language features that would improve the quality of their software, along the lines of “competent programmers don’t need these things, they should just get good”.

I am well past the point in my life where I engage with that sort of noise in any good faith, because if your answer to any perceived failing in a person is “just try harder”, you are either woefully inexperienced or a just a dick.

quality bug btw despairlabs.com/blog/posts/202

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