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It's hard to write code for computers, but it's harder to write code for humans


How to build developer tools for happiness and productivity.

Users don't have a ton of energy or patience to go deep and try to understand what's different about your LRU cache NPM package or whatever. Humans are amazing pattern matching machines, in contrast to computers who obey Boolean logic and follow strict instructions. Including what I think is maybe the most fascinating thing: why large companies are generally incapable of delivering great developer experience.

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