https://iamlino.net/en/tags/psychology/Recent content in Psychology on I am LinoHugoenMon, 04 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://iamlino.net/en/blog/the-price-of-being-right/Mon, 04 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://iamlino.net/en/blog/the-price-of-being-right/<p>Software would be a much nicer place if the only things that clashed were Git branches. But no: <strong>egos clash</strong>. And when two well-fed egos meet in a daily standup, the <em>merge conflict</em> stops being in the code and starts being in the room.</p> <p>In theory, software development is engineering: requirements, data, benchmarks, reasoned decisions. In practice, a lot of technical discussions look suspiciously like a bar fight, just with words like &ldquo;idempotent&rdquo; and &ldquo;eventual consistency&rdquo; instead of &ldquo;you owe me a beer.&rdquo;</p>