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Is Critical Thinking the Most Important Skill for Software Engineers?
  • Context size is huge, as well as the ability to context switch effectively. It can mean the difference between solving something in a day or weeks.

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  • I like problem decomposition a lot as a discrete step. There's a huge tendency to go, I have problem A, let's just solve with it B. Many times the nuance of why A occurred, whether it's a symptom of something, and what are the different subproblems that comprise A are skipped.

    This often causes solutions which don't actually solve the problem, or just mask it. That extra effort up front, leads to the proper solution, and as you said, very tactical fixes instead of huge unnecessary solutions.

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  • Definitely agree there! Communication is super underrated, especially with how difficult it can be to align people and teams across organizations.

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  • Jargon is great for consolidating complexity into just a few words, reducing the things you have to think about. It can be equally valuable though to poke into implicit assumptions that are commonly made.

    It's definitely a balance, and being inclusive in conversations is super important as you mentioned. It allows newer folks to get up to speed much faster in comparison, and allows more engagement across the people within the discussions.

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  • blog.pragmaticengineer.com Is Critical Thinking the Most Important Skill for Software Engineers?

    Critical thinking will only become more important as AI tools spread more. How can you get better at this, and why should you reject jargon and "thought leaders?"

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  • Doesn’t support HA or horizontal scaling yet from what I read. Unsure if kbin does. Probably would have to add support for horizontal scaling to have that auto scaling do anything.

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