True! And indeed my uncle has noticed that it’s slow and buggy. But you do need to be able to code to distinguish competent developers, and my uncle did not have so many resources to throw at the problem that he could keep trying long enough to find a competent developer, while paying each one to build the whole app before finding out whether they’re any good. (Also I don’t think he’s fully aware of how bad his app is relative to what a competent developer could produce.)
I don’t believe these “practical” problems (“can’t try long enough”) generalize enough to support your much more general initial statement. This doesn’t feel like a true rejection to me, but maybe I’m misunderstanding your point.
True! And indeed my uncle has noticed that it’s slow and buggy. But you do need to be able to code to distinguish competent developers, and my uncle did not have so many resources to throw at the problem that he could keep trying long enough to find a competent developer, while paying each one to build the whole app before finding out whether they’re any good. (Also I don’t think he’s fully aware of how bad his app is relative to what a competent developer could produce.)
I don’t believe these “practical” problems (“can’t try long enough”) generalize enough to support your much more general initial statement. This doesn’t feel like a true rejection to me, but maybe I’m misunderstanding your point.