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It does matter because what constitutes good code for some people is often terrible code for others, to the point of people making jokes about it [1]. With foo
by whstl 3y ago
It does matter because what constitutes good code for some people is often terrible code for others, to the point of people making jokes about it [1].
With food, at least there is a wider agreement of what consists of good and bad.
[1] https://github.com/EnterpriseQualityCoding/FizzBuzzEnterpriseEdition https://github.com/EnterpriseQualityCoding/FizzBuzzEnterpris...
- atoav 3y agoBut we are talking about self-judgment here. What does it matter which flavour of good you expect your code to be if you actually don't believe good code by your definition can be realistically achieved?
- whstl 3y agoI agree with the sentiment, never said anywhere that it couldn't be achieved in a personal level. Just that defining "good code" is difficult. If you narrow down "good code" to mean "good to myself" then of course it is sad that someone doesn't believe in it. On the other hand, I find that someone saying that "universally good code" is not possible as understandable. I personally believe it is only really achievable in certain domains, for some others (especially for code handling a lot of essential complexity) it is borderline impossible to not have at least some uneven corners. And there's only so much you can sweep under the carpet of indirection.