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> How many people actually remember their own code months later? Certainly not me. Not only do I often not remember the code, but sometimes I don't even rememb
by throwawayboise 6y ago
> How many people actually remember their own code months later?
Certainly not me. Not only do I often not remember the code, but sometimes I don't even remember working on that particular problem/feature at all.
- tombert 6y agoYeah, I thought it was a kind of strange point to prove that "Pat" is a bad programmer. I think most programmers, if they're being honest, would admit that they would have trouble recalling any kind of specifics about code that they wrote months before.
- dhruvmittal 6y agoWrite enough code and you're probably not going to have the headspace to remember it all...
- thisisbrians 6y agoSame. As tempting as it is to try and make code/documentation clear for others (which I do), I do it as much for 6-months-from-now me. This practice has saved me hours if not days over the last couple of years, and hopefully inspires other devs in my company to do the same.