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Wrong. How maintainable code is is measured in how well you know where to change something, and how certain you are that it did the right thing without side ef
by o11c 3y ago
Wrong.
How maintainable code is is measured in how well you know where to change something, and how certain you are that it did the right thing without side effects.
The fatal error of the linked article is that bad scientific code often suffers from correctness problems - not just theoretical concerns, but the "negates the main point of this paper" kind of thing.
- thriftwy 3y agoWhat if a new person takes your place and they do not know it and are not certain in anything?
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- o11c 3y agoThat's how you measure job security, which is a slightly different concept than maintainability.
- skydhash 3y agoWhen you hire a new person, there is usually some transfer of knowledge. Based on the above definition such transfer should be quick assuming that the person knows the platform and dependencies. A long time explaining the code is an indicator of needlessly complicated code