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"and making sure your solution is easy to maintain and nurture in the future" ...this is why programming is boring there's nothing actually more exciting then
by debt 10y ago
"and making sure your solution is easy to maintain and nurture in the future"
...this is why programming is boring
there's nothing actually more exciting then building out a whole idea and being like "didn't exist, now it exists and i built it."
making it maintainable is a thing, but it's separate from that initial excitement. i never go "man i can't wait to make this thing maintainable and write a bunch of tests and shit omg"
i approach programming as more of a way to make cool art. so idk i might be different from most programmers.
he's got some good points though.
- jes5199 10y agoI dunno, I can often code faster if I'm writing unit tests along with my feature, I spend less time being confused about whether things are doing what I expect
- vec 10y agoWriting something new and cool gets me out of bed in the morning. Writing tests for my code lets me sleep peacefully at night. Can't have one without the other.