I'm so glad I dont work with UI/UX. All of these type thought experiments seem so banal and futile to me, that said I'm glad there are some other people taking care with it all.

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jychang 8 hours ago | parent [-]

90% of all important work is banal. That's kind of the thing.

I'm sure a lot of engineering hours were spent on getting the door handle on your car to the exact safety/cost/functionality requirements, and at the end of the day, it's a door handle. Replace "door handle" with 99% of hardware and software that you ever see, and the same thing still applies. And yet, imagine using a car without a door handle.

Most important work isn't sexy, it's banal stuff that's boring until you remove it and realize how important it is.

	▲	ryandrake 6 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		We tend to simplify and gloss over things outside of our expertise. I'm sure UI folks think a lot of the problems developers obsess over are boring and pointless, too, even though they are important. "Should we use inheritance or composition, here?" Yawn--whatever, just make the button!