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The biases are real, but readability is perhaps less of an ultimate concern than maintainability and reusability. Both of these depend on the ability of yoursel
by larschdk 9y ago
The biases are real, but readability is perhaps less of an ultimate concern than maintainability and reusability. Both of these depend on the ability of yourself (and others) being able to understand and adapt the code. A bit of foresight in making the life of future you (or colleague) easier goes a long way. Technical debt is real too and the interest can be high.
- Clubber 9y agoI would say that readability is a facet of maintainability. If a good developer looks at code the first time and thinks, "WTF," it could use some better readability. That's about as nailed down as I can make it (because it's so objective).
- gregjor 9y agoI have a follow-on article about maintainability taking shape, still in the notes phase.