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I believe that as code "writers", we tend to have a bias that code should well-written. And I don't think it is that important. If you are working in a global
by seren 7y ago
I believe that as code "writers", we tend to have a bias that code should well-written. And I don't think it is that important.
If you are working in a global company with a distributed workforce, well-written code is mandatory because it is a way to communicate and to maintain the code in the long term. Even more so if this is a critical code that could kill.
But if you started as a lone developer for a game hobby project, the achievement is not about the code quality, but more about the product as a whole you managed to ship and have users or customers.
So I don't think there is anything inherently shameful in writing bad code, it highly depends on the context
- Jaruzel 7y agoIf I could upvote this x100, I would.
- AstralStorm 7y agoWell, there should be a bit of shame in writing code that's buggy or not working at all... Of course if you avoid that while still writing a mess, it's mostly fine.
- friendlybus 7y agoThe shame is a personal thing. Being in a community of people that value high quality implementations or having high personal standards for work is a good driver for code shame. It's a choice to go through that shame. Code is a neutral medium.