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No code lives longer than something that is a temporary fix.
by cdchn 3y ago
No code lives longer than something that is a temporary fix.
- voiceblue 3y agoRelevant poem from The Codeless Code: http://thecodelesscode.com/case/234?lang=nl http://thecodelesscode.com/case/234?lang=nl Even references the moon!
- Dalewyn 3y agoThere is nothing more permanent than a temporary solution. -Old Russian Proverb
- olalonde 3y ago“Nothing is so permanent as a temporary government program” – Milton Friedman Though it seems he wasn't the first to use the phrase: https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/50691/did-milton-friedman-say-that-nothing-was-so-permanent-as-a-temporary-government https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/50691/did-milto...
- adaboese 3y agoAn SRE in a company I worked used to say that naming something temporary ___ is the best way to ensure that no one touches that code.
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- gambiting 3y agoWhen we shipped the first The Division someone compiled a whole list of comments from code that said things like "Fix by <date 2 years earlier>", "DO NOT SHIP THIS CODE", "Temp fix", "No idea why this code works, will refactor later", etc etc etc. It was highly amusing to read.
- a_t48 3y agoWorking on Mafia 3 there were comments to the effect of “Fix after Gamescon”…from Mafia 2.
- nuc1e0n 3y agoThat's true of more than just software