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title: Good programmers
date: "2005-08-26T12:00:00Z"
categories:
  - my-best-links
wp_id: 570
description: I highlight a classic perspective on why top developers are "lazy and dumb," favoring automation to avoid rework and simple solutions over complex systems they cannot easily maintain or understand.
keywords: [programming philosophy, automation, kiss principle, software development, developer productivity]
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[Why good programmers are lazy and dumb](http://blog.outer-court.com/archive/2005-08-24-n14.html).

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## Comments

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- **Prasenjeet** _26 Aug 2005 3:01 pm_:
  Like the chap who created some-language-or-the-other

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