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Recently, a colleague asked me for a code review on some complex UI changes. The idea was to make an error-prone form easier to use by displaying warn...

The idea was to make an error-prone form easier to use by displaying warnings in the right moment, and automating various state changes in the background (think “smart configurator”). Glancing over the pull request, nothing stood out as problematic, but I didn’t feel ready to approve the changes before playing with the new UI. I can only assume what happened in the meantime, but it seems asking them for their opinion (and not responding for a while) was a cue for sanding the UI, with great results: In the end, a problematic requirement was dropped and multiple commits were added before the actual review.

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