Cat Hicks1d ago

Was just reminded that the last paper rejection I got included a reviewer comment: "too much psychology for a software engineer audience."

Feels like it should maybe be a new bio quote đŸ˜‚ it's absolutely true of me. It's absolutely true.

Show threadMarijke Luttekes1d ago
@grimalkina Imagine if we had more psychology in software engineering… that would solve so many issues.
Show threadMarijke Luttekes

One of the problems that would be solved is website usability, as that requires some knowledge of the human mind.

I recently wrote about that in this article:

https://marijkeluttekes.dev/blog/articles/2026/03/16/why-frontends-fail-when-you-approach-them-like-a-backend/

(Link posted with @grimalkina's permission.)

Why frontends fail when you approach them like a backend / Marijke Luttekes

Frontend and backend development are not the same, but we keep conflating them. An explanation of what makes them different.

Apr 3 at 4:44pmWeb