Using "smart" To Describe Software
I was reading Firing People (a good read) when I noticed this Github release log.
New GitHub Issues functionality for smarter searching, filtering and managing
We’ve rebuilt GitHub Issues to be smarter: search smarter, filter smarter, and manage your issues and pull requests smarter. [text omitted]
No, no, no. No.
A search functionality with tags and stuff requires more intelligence from the user than a simple full-text search. The feature not smarter, but allows smar-
Let’s get rid of the word “smart” here. I hate “smart [software X]” being thrown around all the time, when in fact it’s simple and fully deterministic.
It is a better software feature that allows the users to channel their will and operate the product easier. Basically the users have more control over what to search.