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    The four worst words on a software project are:
    “Why can’t you just…”




Closely followed by “This should be an easy lift”

"Delivering this feature goes against everything I know to be right and true. And I will sooner lay you into this barren earth, than entertain your folly for a moment longer."

-- Krazam, "Microservices", https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8OnoxKotPQ


I mutter this a lot. Except when I do 95% of the time I perform the easy lift right after.

That’s the only way I would utter it — if I can then sit down and so do it. If I am asking someone else to do I would ask them to tell me how hard it would be and if they need help or if they suggest a different approach.



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