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Are Googlers Too Smart For Their Own Good?
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?"
Whatever happened to simple interfaces, like:
"Would you like to play Global Thermonuclear War? [YES|NO]"
Seven puppies were harmed during the making of this post.
We didn't have a Google story for over two hours, so we had to post what was available.
Coding is hard! Let's go shopping!
I hope I don't sound like a Google fanboy but this is a nontrivial task and I would defend the API they have produced.
Heck, I had the exact same reaction to this article, and I haven't even looked at the API! My reaction was based solely on the wording theodp's atrocious post.
who flood developer-boards with questions that typically look like
" Sir Sir please help sir I have project due sir I need full workking code by tomorrow sir" ??
If so, you would expect everything to be point and click, I guess.
The da Vinci Code begs to differ.
No kidding!!! What do you say at this point?
Do you think anyone who would conflate API with UI will know what conflate means?
The da Vinci Code begs to differ.
I still don't understand why anyone would want to read it. Does that count?
Perhaps the OP would enjoy a line of work that involves shovels and dirt.
Yeah, but shovels are too complicated an unintuitive. I mean it would probably take theodp hours to figure out which end he is supposed to hold and which end goes into the dirt.
To the shopmobile!
What? Shopping is way more difficult than coding!