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> programmers are like Daedalus... they always end up creating more twists and turns Doesn't sound like what a programmer would say. No decent dev I have ever
by throwaway_pdp09 6y ago
> programmers are like Daedalus... they always end up creating more twists and turns
Doesn't sound like what a programmer would say. No decent dev I have ever met would do any but untangle the mess[0], and given any capacity, would not create one in the first place.
[0] References to theseus need not apply.
- zentiggr 6y agoWell... even knowing I signed on to a project in 'sustainment' mode, I've still looked at and written up some ways to reduce the friction and complication of working with the old codebase. Even though the effort is unlikely to be put in, since the new version is in progress already.