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Very interesting take. I think I also noticed a change in my thought processes around coding when I started gardening. You can never defeat the weeds; so you
by CharlieDigital 4y ago
Very interesting take. I think I also noticed a change in my thought processes around coding when I started gardening.
You can never defeat the weeds; so you have to be vigilant and pull the early before they drop seed.
I find the same practice also works well in code: consistent "weed pulling" to keep things tidy.
- hinkley 4y agoIf you get a big enough piece of land, you find you can’t pull all the weeds the moment you see them. You have to focus on the nasty ones. Some of the others will take care of themselves, and some are easier to pull at other stages of life. some you absolutely can’t let go to seed. Others have their uses and it’s a matter of weighing whether the “tech debt” later or sweating your ass off now feels like a worse fate. But even the more innocuous ones can eventually block access to things, or become a hazard, and you have to clear them from the main areas in order to get anything done, or to see the nastier weeds hiding behind or under them.