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"Because someone might add bugs to the code, or do it wrong" isn't a reason not to take a particular approach.
by andrewstuart 7y ago
"Because someone might add bugs to the code, or do it wrong" isn't a reason not to take a particular approach.
- mzz80 7y agoOf course it is. When one approach is far more likely to introduce bugs, complicated interactions, and be more difficult to maintain, it is absolutely a reason to not take a particular approach. It’s one of factors you need to consider in everyday software engineering. If you don’t take this into consideration then you’re detracting from the business to satisfy another need.
- james_s_tayler 7y agoSure it is. If one approach is easier to mess up than the other then take the approach with less footguns.