It’s no joke, but writing the code is not the hard part. Reading the code, understanding it, thinking through the states and control flow — those are the hard p

It’s no joke, but writing the code is not the hard part. Reading the code, understanding it, thinking through the states and control flow — those are the hard parts of software maintenance. I do it for a living. 80% of my billable time is reading and testing code. Once I know what to write I’ve got to the easy part.