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Exactly. People latch onto these perfunctory standards because it’s easier than understanding and clearly communicating the work they’ve done.
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Or they could be used as a stepping stone in teaching people the value of being able to summarize what they've done?

How does typing “fix:” or “feat:” get you a step closer to being thoughtful?

To be honest I'm not really sure. I'm also not really sure how tipping "fix:" or "feat:" means people are not understanding their work and performing perfunctory actions though.



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