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It's a mindset that's rarely taught: if you have a problem, and you're not writing code to find the solution, you're probably wasting effort.
by dons 14y ago
It's a mindset that's rarely taught: if you have a problem, and you're not writing code to find the solution, you're probably wasting effort.
- shabble 14y ago"I spent 10 hours making a system to perform this 1-hour task in 5 minutes!" Note that this only pays off if that task occurs frequently enough to offset the upfront programming cost.
- eru 14y agoYes. But you can also waste lots of time creating code, when just doing it quick, dirty and manual is faster.
- thenonsequitur 14y agoI agree. But I'd add that even tasks that only require a quick-and-dirty solution can frequently benefit from quick-and-dirty automation. A few throw-away lines in an interpreter environment like irb, for example can often shave several minutes of certain tasks, and throwing a lit bit of code into such tasks can certainly make some otherwise dull processes more interesting.