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Are Googlers Too Smart For Their Own Good?

Posted by kdawson on from the keep-it-complicated-smarty dept.

theodp writes "If you're a mere mortal, don't be surprised if your first reaction to Google Storage for Developers is 'WTF?!' Offering the kind of 'user-friendly' API one might expect from a bunch of computer science Ph.D.s, Google Storage even manages to overcomplicate the simple act of copying files. Which raises the question: Are Googlers with 'world-class programming skills' capable of producing straightforward, simple-to-use programming interfaces for ordinary humans?"

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  1. Re:Hint: "For Developers" Means "For Developers" by LOLLinux · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    i mean that things like java are always oversimplifying programming, and there are a lot of people just cant understand things that are so simple because they are used with drag'n'drop interface, and they call themselves programmers...

    The vast majority of Java programmers do server-side programming where there is no drag'n'drop interface so wtf are you talking about? Or are you one of those people who pretends to be a hardcore coder and bleats on about the manliness of C when you can't write anything beyond a basic Hello World program?