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Agreed. Would rather say: A lazy programmer documents their code so they do not have to waste time explaining it in person. A lazy programmer writes thorough
by imafish 6y ago
Agreed.
Would rather say:
A lazy programmer documents their code so they do not have to waste time explaining it in person.
A lazy programmer writes thorough automated tests so they do not have to waste time on repetitive manual testing.
- yoz-y 6y agoDo we have the same definition of lazy? A truly lazy programmer does neither. If they still have their job it’s because if stuff blows other people know that it’s easier to fix by themselves rather than chase the lazy programmer to fix their shit.
- yarcob 6y agoA lazy programmer writes a bunch of tests, writes just enough code that they pass, then creates a PR and lets someone else find all the corner cases they didn't bother to think about.
- fiddlerwoaroof 6y agoThere’s an old programming meme about laziness being invoked here: http://threevirtues.com/ http://threevirtues.com/
- yoz-y 6y agoThis virtue should always be accompanied by knowledge of this table though: https://xkcd.com/1205/ https://xkcd.com/1205/ I know that I am guilty of automating stuff for way too long :)