https://blog.giovanh.com/blog/2025/10/14/a-hack-is-not-enough/
A Hack is Not Enough
> There is a tendency, especially among technically competent people, to use the ability to work around a requirement as an excuse to avoid dealing with it. When there is a political push to enforce a particular pattern of behavior — discourage or ban something, or make something socially unacceptable — there is an instinct for clever people with workarounds to respond with “you can just use my workaround”.
> But this “just use a workaround” dismissal is a dangerous, reductive mistake. Even if you can easily defeat an attempt to impose a restriction right now, you can’t take that for granted.
> In a cruel irony, the ability to work around impositions makes the people most knowledgeable about dangers and most equipped to communicate them complacent.
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2026-02-22 09:42:04 UTC
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2026-02-22 09:42:04 UTCEvent JSON
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