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Did the repetition become obvious before or after you saw both implementations? It’s possible that if you dried it up right away, you would’ve abstracted the wr
by hakunin 2y ago
Did the repetition become obvious before or after you saw both implementations? It’s possible that if you dried it up right away, you would’ve abstracted the wrong thing, and it’s way more obvious only in hindsight.
- Stratoscope 2y agoThis was some years ago, so my memory may be foggy - and I'm not instrument rated! As I recall, it was after I saw the two implementations. I got curious and looked at the original FAA data and specifications and saw how much the two kinds of airspace have in common.
- barfbagginus 2y agoHow was the dried code to own and maintain before and after? Was there pain before, and did it go away? Or did the operation prove to be more of a nitpick/bike shed? How long did you stick around with eyes on the code?
- Stratoscope 2y agoInteresting questions, thanks for asking! We never got that far. At that point, the code was what it was. Despite any possible design flaws, it worked. And dealing with FAA data that really never changes at all, once it worked, that was good enough. "If it ain't broke..." ;-) My job after that was to move on to other countries' airspace and obstacle data. So I tried to apply the appropriate amount of humidity on those.