Post by @himysyed
Pondering on the following:-
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It must be very difficult to design a Mastodon (or any) client without being coloured and influenced by the 157 pre-existing clients. A little like trying to write a song or a guitar riff without ripping off the Beatles. Never stopped Oasis though.
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There are plenty of brilliant technical folk. Over the years, I've worked with many. However, some (I wouldn't say most) tend to be quite narrow in outlook i.e. they are purely database or network administrators, architects, security experts, Web designers or mobile developers. Brilliant and highly skilled in their specific domain. However, not many of them are skilled in all areas and have no interest whatsoever in changing that.
@andyc@yakshaving.social I read this a little while ago by @skeyby@punk.kitchen and your point No. 2 immediately reminded me of it :
https://andrea.brancatelli.it/2025/12/07/the-product-is-not-the-code/
@himysyed@littleone.littlefedi.social That is an excellent article and really resonates with me. In particular:
What users experience is not only software behaviour, but the consequence of how a team actually thinks and works.
This is why many “technical problems” are not technical at all, they are organisational failures surfacing late.
Thanks for the pointer.