why does this rant start by talking about optimising things for the user, and then end up talking about optimising things for the developer?
I get that they're talking about productivity tools for developers. But missing the point that optimising these tools for developers will mean they're not optimised for the actual user. We're not the customer. The stuff we write should be fast when run in production. Having it be nice to develop on is a bonus.
Having generated configuration that the developer doesn't have to think about means that the system can't be tweaked for the particular use case to make it faster in production. Yes, it's easier. No, that's not better.
Our job is to handle the complexity. To take "simple" business requirements and deal with all the complexity that is needed to make those work. That's the gig.
I get that they're talking about productivity tools for developers. But missing the point that optimising these tools for developers will mean they're not optimised for the actual user. We're not the customer. The stuff we write should be fast when run in production. Having it be nice to develop on is a bonus.
Having generated configuration that the developer doesn't have to think about means that the system can't be tweaked for the particular use case to make it faster in production. Yes, it's easier. No, that's not better.
Our job is to handle the complexity. To take "simple" business requirements and deal with all the complexity that is needed to make those work. That's the gig.