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This is a fair criticism and concern. Part of the reason why I made this post is I can sense internally that I'm starting to lean on the whole "I know this thi

This is a fair criticism and concern. Part of the reason why I made this post is I can sense internally that I'm starting to lean on the whole "I know this thing better than you", which actually scares me. If I'm thinking it, I'm probably sub-communicating it. Both this reply and your original one are solid thoughts. > someone produces a lot of code, the system becomes an extension of that person, everyone becomes dependent upon that person regardless of whether the person is good or bad, enjoyable to work with or not, because they’re the genius system-whisperer. I hope this is not true for myself, but your logic is sound. I see the truth in it, I just hope it's not the truth. You gave me something to reflect on.

jv22222 4y ago
> I know this thing better than you Whenever I hand code over I ask, does it make sense? Usually they say something like, yep looks easy. I used to think it was because I was a dumb ass and only wrote simple stuff, but finally realized it's because I spend large effort on making the code read like english. (Good function names, good variable names, code that looks like logical short sentences, etc.) All this to say, if you make code it's own wiki, you can avoid "I know this thing better than you" quite effectively, and complex code can be made to seem quite simple. You may already doing that, but thought I'd share in case it's helpful in any way!