pigheadedness

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There's a certain pigheadedness to a lot of golang decisions, and I'm afraid this is another one of them...

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resolute adherence to your own ideas or desires

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noun

resolute adherence to your own ideas or desires

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noun

resolute adherence to your own ideas or desires

Example sentences

There's a certain pigheadedness to a lot of golang decisions, and I'm afraid this is another one of them...

Defensiveness and pigheadedness are quite different from intention and stance.

Only their usual pigheadedness will keep them from actually succeeding in "reinventing the tablet" by releasing one.

I definitely see this with Go decisions too, but I think that same "pigheadedness" has also been a driving factor behind a lot of what makes Go so effective to work with.

You have to have respect for the pigheadedness of these guys though, most people would pack it in after being sentenced to massive fines and jailtime, instead they just keep on going and find the time to roll out new stuff.

Whether it's inertia or actual pigheadedness, smugly suggesting that they could have "just" rewritten their software in Rust and they wouldn't have their day ruined doesn't invite the best kind of discussion, considering that the people involved are either just coming out of the bad day or tend to underestimate the costs of switching.