named arguments, string interpolation, please stop.

[jmh530]

On Thursday, 11 January 2024 at 18:02:46 UTC, deadalnix wrote:
> [snip]
> There is a design mistake I see people making again and again, 
> and it goes way beyond software: they design for what their 
> current most satisfied users want. But that's really dumb, 
> these people are already happy with the product! Anyone in this 
> forum fall into that bucket, by the way. You got to observe how 
> D is used int he wild by people not frequenting this space. 
> What problem do they encounter? What frustrates them? What make 
> the stop using it? These are the people you want to design for 
> if you want to actually improve the product.

Like Abraham Wald and fighter planes in WW2.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivorship_bias#Military