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cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen") wrote:
When I encounter unfamiliar patterns and incantations I must perform to get to a goal, it is frustrating, but necessary. If I'm doing a one off thing, the boilerplate can feel like a waste of time, but that's just an issue of my perception and not necessarily an indication of a problem.
We have common patterns we use to solve important problems. It's like the pipes that connect from your toilet to the sewer. You generally don't want to think about them, but somebody had to or else the shit wouldn't get where it's supposed to be. If you're the plumber in charge, you have to deal with the pipes. That's part of the job. Repeatedly needing to use pipes to solve particular problems are not an issue. It's actually a good thing in this case. Use understood solutions for particular problems.