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There is some credence to the "make your own or shut up" argument here on HN. If we reconsider your "criticize a restaurant" analogy, we are not random folks w
by sriram_sun 3y ago
There is some credence to the "make your own or shut up" argument here on HN.
If we reconsider your "criticize a restaurant" analogy, we are not random folks walking into a restaurant. We are professional chefs criticizing the output of other professional chefs.
In that context, "go start your own restaurant" does actually make sense.
- jimktrains2 3y agoNot every chef has the means (e.g. money and time) and/or non-food experience to start a restaurant. Constructive criticisms, and not all criticism is constructive, should always be taken in earnest; that said, there is also a matter of taste: just because one chef puts in extra garlic and another doesn't like that doesn't mean either is "wrong" or "right".
- jrm4 3y agoLol, that's exactly how you get e.g. "Stupid food/we want plates" on reddit. One of the worst things in computing is this sort of gatekeeping; it's not only "professional chefs" here, it's people who want to democratize more of software building, not reintroduce more silos.