Hacking is often prompted by a fourth species: productive laziness - lest we for... | Hacker News

Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit

brudgers on May 19, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: The Three Kinds of Laziness

Hacking is often prompted by a fourth species: productive laziness - lest we forget, seeking to not be lazy is also grasping.

Productive laziness leads to the improvement of tools from new programming languages to editor extensions to automating testing.

cafard on May 19, 2013 [–]

Indeed, hard not to think of the Perl world's Laziness, Impatience, and Hubris. Or for that matter of Equord-Hammerstein's good words for laziness.

Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact