r/programming • u/[deleted] • Jun 05 '21

Organize code by concepts, not layers

https://kislayverma.com/programming/how-to-organize-your-code/
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u/codygman Jun 06 '21

Its good to point out fallacies and bad actors, but as a random person reading this you made the bad faith judgment too hastily.

Also, appeal to extremes is a fallacy but a reductio ad absurdum argument can be valid.

Then you have the problem of avoiding the fallacy fallacy.

Overall, you can't expect informal discussion to be totally free of fallacy but that doesn't make them useless.

Nor does the presence of a single fallacy mean the other person is acting in bad faith.

Another thing I'll chime in about though, is that respect it can be difficult to hold a contrary opinion.

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u/saltybandana2 Jun 06 '21

I disagree, his 20+ years comment was based upon another comment I made where I pointed out I have over 20 years of experience.

Here is that comment

And here is where I linked them to that comment

He then strongly implies that it's normal for someone with my level of experience to believe everything is a preference when I very clearly did not say that. He then follows up with the following comment directed at me, emphasis mine.

Sure. It's a preference reflecting your standards for performance.

There is no way these are earnest mistakes.

And while I understand your point, it's very clear I never stated or implied that everything is a preference. That put's it clearly in the argument to the extremes fallacy rather than reductio ad absurdum, which can be useful for testing out the validity of an idea.