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16 Nov, 4 tweets, 1 min read

https://twitter.com/nusaibasc/status/1460426343959740422

(thank you!) And also, this is HORRIBLE. Look at that user flow.

https://twitter.com/nusaibasc/status/1460426343959740422

I long ago decided that people who program a lot of our most ingrained technologies do not themselves have a lot of friends and demands. There is no way you would design this if your phone was buzzing every 10 seconds.

In a moment of oversharing: I dated a guy once who was obsessed with being busy. The only problem is that he...was not busy. Like ever. It was a constant tension point between us because I am VERY busy and very annoyed by it. He could not fathom my life & I couldn't fathom his.

I think all these coders are my ex. Deeply un-busy people programming for the busy people they imagine themselves being one day, in another galaxy.

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