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Everyone is their own worst critic. I frequently am editing production code I wrote 15+ years ago. I also have to deal with the unintended consequences or side
by apaprocki 7y ago
Everyone is their own worst critic. I frequently am editing production code I wrote 15+ years ago. I also have to deal with the unintended consequences or side effects from my code that were not thought out at the time. It certainly is hard to teach this kind of thing and, more importantly, find a way to get people who haven’t experienced it to find the value in doing so.
- chmhsm 7y agoPretty accurate. And if you ever get asked "why do we have to do that useless thing you said?" and you reply using expressions like "futureproofing" or "anticipation", eyes might get rolled at you and you might even get management to disagree for the sake of tight deadlines or yagni.