I happened to write a post many years ago which was popular at the time on this topic. It was through the lens of self taught programmers. If I can be helpful, let me know.

justin.abrah.ms/computer-sci...

Not saying it’s the end all be all.. but there are softer levers than command/control for reducing harm in Jira.

There are other options like: “adding this will create additional steps for developers. Given your pacing, you’ll transition 3000 tickets this year.. which works out to *12 hours* of clicking time just to add this field. You sure?”

Or just grading your workflow on an A-F scale.

I think it doesn’t do an adequate job of surfacing why someone might not want to add more steps. Adding one more step to “fix” a problem seems free, but isn’t.

Like some stylized pointed ones? Like one that might actually stab someone.

Like how some people make a heart ❤️ with a really tapered and pointed bottom? Like that.

My initial thought was “rails/django are K selected; micro frameworks like flask are r-selected”. Didn’t quite map out especially where you took the analogy. Fun avenue of thought.

“The genesis of a new idea is the combination of things. Which things did you combine for this? What would happen if you added time into the mix?”

Could get interesting!

We have this job. It’s called management. ;)

Right? "We trust that they know what they're doing and why they are doing it.. this is just a review of maintainability of the code". 🤯

I was in a discussion where the sentiment was "You shouldn't look at the ticket (i.e. intent) associated with the change.. just read the code based on its merits alone" and was just in complete stunned silence; a rarity for me.

I live it and also I want to see the Cuomo do the same thing so bad. It would be the best cringe.

I did the same thing 2 weeks ago with the same backing reason (AI code generation makes code review way more important).

justinabrahms.github.io/code-review-... (not mobile friendly)

“Listening to ambient on a telephone while someone tries to use a modem on that same phone line”

You might have to listen to the previous two songs together to really get it.

I’m honestly struck by the hubris of the “for real this time” and that the computer didn’t punish it with a flakey failure. 😅😂🫠

I’m picturing this same “we talked about it internally and decided” response from any other company and can’t really see it flying. So odd to see.