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calle 👁️⚡👁️ | 5 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +9 
 People that tell you you HAVE TO listen to the users and if you don't you're a bad programmer.

Every good programmer knows that you don't listen to the users. Never.
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laanwj | 5 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +2 
 i think trying to listen to them and understand is good, but that doesn't mean obeying every one of their whims 😀
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Farmer Jim | 5 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +2 
 users don't know what's possible. though devs don't always know what creates real value for the users.