Comment on I'm a 30-year veteran SWE, and my industry is currently overrun with addictsparentComments−DerArzt5moThe difference is "I need this to work the one time" vs "I need this to fail less than 1 out of 100 times".A dirt ramp can help you get a truck up and over a 2 meter wall, but a properly built concrete ramp will work better long term.−sjdv19825moYes, exactly. There are some tools that are used over and over again. But apart from that, dirt ramps are the norm in scientific computing. Once it gets you over the 2 meter wall of publication, it's disposable.
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The difference is "I need this to work the one time" vs "I need this to fail less than 1 out of 100 times".
A dirt ramp can help you get a truck up and over a 2 meter wall, but a properly built concrete ramp will work better long term.
Yes, exactly. There are some tools that are used over and over again. But apart from that, dirt ramps are the norm in scientific computing. Once it gets you over the 2 meter wall of publication, it's disposable.