Only sort of related but this reminded me of something that struck me recently:
A great benefit of being dumb is never knowing something was too obvious to be worth logic
Often in comedies, there will be a scene where the dummy helps the genius reach some epiphany just by applying simple reasoning to a point the genius glossed over
Grug make thinky box do good.
Grug too dumb to understand impossible.
Peers say server too weak for search. Grug write custom search. Customer happy. Boss happy. Peers say it fail edge case. Grug shrug.
Peers say web app can’t use CLI tool. Grug make extension. Customers happy. Boss happy. Peers say that cheating. Grug too dumb for rules.
Grug code small. Get used lots. Peers code big. Argue about reviews. Never get deployed.
Grug strongest there is
“Grug too dumb for rules” is legitimately good programming advice.
Only sort of related but this reminded me of something that struck me recently:
A great benefit of being dumb is never knowing something was too obvious to be worth logic
Often in comedies, there will be a scene where the dummy helps the genius reach some epiphany just by applying simple reasoning to a point the genius glossed over
I think this is pretty realistic