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I do see writing software like writing a book. I write it with the future reader in mind. It needs to be meant to be read. I picture my colleagues or young eng
by applied_heat 2y ago
I do see writing software like writing a book.
I write it with the future reader in mind. It needs to be meant to be read.
I picture my colleagues or young engineers 20 years from now combing through my programs, learning the problem domain, learning the tradeoffs we made at the time and why it made sense.
- test1235 2y agowith that analogy, I'd say code is more like the annotations of the manuscript before the reader sees the final print of the book
- datadrivenangel 2y agoWhich means you need to throw out half of the initial version and rewrite it!
- applied_heat 2y agoAbsolutely! Prototypes are great