All of the things mentioned are ways that bad programming can "allow a competitor to win out". Programming is competitive because markets are competitive. Now,

All of the things mentioned are ways that bad programming can "allow a competitor to win out". Programming is competitive because markets are competitive. Now, markets aren't always zero-sum. But they are often competitive. > When I write better code today than I did yesterday, you, my teammate, will be happier, not sadder. That's also true in football...