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No, there really is no new insight OP or anyone else has. At the end of the day, the only thing that matters is writing something that works and works well. Ha
by noobermin 4y ago
No, there really is no new insight OP or anyone else has.
At the end of the day, the only thing that matters is writing something that works and works well. Hackers go through too many moodswings to be worth paying attention to when they start telling you how you should code.
- zbentley 4y ago> Hackers go through too many moodswings True! But computer scientists (who are sometimes also hackers, sometimes not) apply research methods to existing codebases and the practice of coding, and have repeatedly presented findings that indicate that, mood swings/fads/hype cycles aside, some techniques really do deliver better software quicker. The VPRI STEPS work is an interesting example of this. That's not to say that every CS methodology paper should be taken as gospel; we have problems just like other disciplines, sometimes more. But it's a far cry from post-hoc rationalization and hacker mood swings.
- emodendroket 4y agoDoesn't really follow that because you ended up with a successful product that means it was the best way you could have possibly done it. I don't feel like I'd learned everything I know today the first time I delivered a successful product, and I doubt I know everything I'll know in the future either.