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As I understand, code quality is not a goal in itself, it matters so far as it affects getting things done. So if you compare the two, of course getting things
by sanxiyn 9y ago
As I understand, code quality is not a goal in itself, it matters so far as it affects getting things done. So if you compare the two, of course getting things done is more important.
- dochtman 9y agoThere is often a trade-off between gettings things done in the short term and gettings things done in the long term. All other things being equal (of course they never are...) you'll likely have a much harder time getting things done in the longer term if you pay less attention to code quality. This is of course exactly the notion of technical debt, and how the debt can compound (that is, you will struggle to get things done more and more the longer you leave your debt unpaid).
- Jedi72 9y agoAnything which handles business or personal data (so virtually everything making money) has security concerns, and IMHO the first step to good security is a well structured and clean codebase (Note: I'm a dev but not a security specialist)