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		cjauvin on Jan 25, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Making the move from Scala to Go Having this smartness disparity between devs is really bad for team dynamics, and complexity leads invariably to this. More and more I believe this to be a profound truth.

dasmoth on Jan 25, 2017 [–]

This seems like an argument for the lowest common denominator.

What should programmers who enjoy working with more powerful abstractions do?

blacksmythe on Jan 25, 2017 | [–]

  >> What should programmers who enjoy working with more powerful abstractions do?

Work on teams where the lowest common denominator is higher.

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