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The author really hasn't thought this through.

Here's an example of something unimportant: maybe Microsoft C, version 7, which was released in 1992, has a typo in a menu item that was never fixed. (The next version of the software was Microsoft Visual C++ version 1.0). True, nobody has used Microsoft C version 7 to compile a program in many years now, but - there you go. An unimportant problem.

That would be an example of an unimportant problem. Releasing a patch to fix the menu typo right in the binary would be an unimportant solution to an unimportant problem. Maybe if you take the time to release it, literally 0 people ever apply that patch from now until the end of time.

If you want to work on an "unimportant problem" fix bugs in software versions that were discontinued and which nobody used because of a quick migration to the next branch. Work on fixing Windows 2, maybe.

No, what the author really means is work on something very important, that doesn't evaluate as such to everyone, (or to the people you normally pay attention to). That, I can agree with.



You are arguing semantics. You say exactly the same thing as the author, but define "unimportant" differently. While it is important to be on the same page regarding to what we mean by the words we use if we want to have meaningful discussion, I think it's pretty obvious what the author meant by "unimportant". And it clearly isn't "absolutely meaningless", as you seem to imply.


He isn't implying "absolutely meaningless". That would be something like rewriting the entirety of Windows 7 in Brainfuck.

Which someone should totally do, just so that I can laugh once.


On the other hand, the author does not have to define "unimportant" that way.

Step 1: Define "unimportant" as "actually important"

Step 2: Write catchy title based on new definition, making it sounds controversial.

Step 3: Profit?


It is obvious what the author means by "unimportant" and they're very important things. Pure clickbait. It's like me writing an article, "work on the worst ideas you have". Care to click to find out what I mean by "worst"? Of course you do.




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