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Does hexagonal architecture make things worse? (self.programming)

submitted 1 year ago by CinnamonTheCat to c/programming

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I looked into the lemmy src, and what is supposed to be a CRUD API has several layers of abstraction. Same at work, where we have hexagonally structured apps where following any sort of logic is literally impossible. What are your thoughts?

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[–] CinnamonTheCat 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Isn't that just saying that I just am not good at my job? I mean, shouldn't I be able to just grasp it by just looking at it?

Like I want to contribute to it, but it feels so overwhelming and hard to find anything I need.

[–] jadero@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Absolutely not! I'm not sure anything in any field is so trivially simple that it can be grasped just by looking at it. Getting even minimally competent in anything requires both study and practice.

The good news is that study and practice are skills worth acquiring, because they are useful in any endeavour.

The great news is that study and practice are what's needed for mastery, too, so once you start your journey, you can can continue as far as you want.

[–] CinnamonTheCat 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I've been doing this shit for 3 years, and yet I have issues grasping fucking lemmy src

I apologize for my harsh tone, but you can see why I'm upset that I can't read it properly.

[–] jadero@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well, sure, it's frustrating. I haven't looked at lemmy code, so maybe it is a dumpster fire. But I've been programming since about 1980, and I still stumble more than I'd like, even when I'm the one who wrote the crap I'm trying to figure out. :)

[–] CinnamonTheCat 2 points 1 year ago

:( I'm just depressed at the moment as this thread made me feel bad about my programming

[–] ZeroNationality@lemmy.one 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Developing for Lemmy or developing in general?

If you've only been developing for 3 years then you're not much beyond a junior. Nobody (least of all yourself) should expect you to be able to just sit down and grok a rust codebase using actix.

What you appear to be lacking right now is patience and experience. They both come with time.

[–] CinnamonTheCat 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In general, I've been doing this for like 5 or 3 years.... this as in programming. Actix-web is no problem here, it's just the architecture that seemed to stump me.

I apologize for earlier, but depression is a real bitch at times, and I can have these moments where I just... go off the rails.

[–] ZeroNationality@lemmy.one 3 points 1 year ago

No worries. Depression is a bitch.