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> Reviewing and fixing code is harder than writing it. Please explain why I'm wrong about that (it's certainly true for me, but maybe most people don't feel tha
by furyofantares 5y ago
> Reviewing and fixing code is harder than writing it. Please explain why I'm wrong about that (it's certainly true for me, but maybe most people don't feel that way?)
At the very least, I don't think it being true for you (or me) means much. Presumably like me, you learned primarily to write code and have a lot of experience with it, and have gotten better and better at that with time. I assume that if I had spent as much time and effort learning to efficiently review and fix code as I have spent learning to write it that it would be much easier.
I certainly know of artists who have shipped video games they authored alone, who wouldn't call themselves programmers or know where to start programming something from scratch, who got by with a high level engine and copy and pasting starting points from the internet. (I would call them programmers, but their style is much closer to review and edit than my own.)