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> if we don’t feel stupid it means we’re not really trying Sounds a bit like Kernighan's lever: "Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first p
by enriquto 2y ago
> if we don’t feel stupid it means we’re not really trying
Sounds a bit like Kernighan's lever: "Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place. Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are, by definition, not smart enough to debug it. Yet." [0]
[0] https://www.linusakesson.net/programming/kernighans-lever/index.php https://www.linusakesson.net/programming/kernighans-lever/in...
- rossant 2y agoUnless "as cleverly as possible" is zero.
- danbruc 2y agoOr negative.
- norir 2y agoFor me the real lesson is that simple is hard.
- davisp 2y ago“Simplicity is a great virtue but it requires hard work to achieve it and education to appreciate it. And to make matters worse: complexity sells better.” — Edsger Dijkstra