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It's also just plain wrong. Even the cleanest most beautiful and efficient code is a liability. You sell software, not code. It's all about the magnitude of th
by mkoubaa 2y ago
It's also just plain wrong. Even the cleanest most beautiful and efficient code is a liability. You sell software, not code.
It's all about the magnitude of the liability, not the direction
- fwip 2y agoCode is an asset in the same way that any process documents in your organization are. They represent codified solutions to problems. You do not need to re-solve this problem, and when a similar problem occurs, you can adapt the existing solution to the new problem. Another way to think about it: if code was not an asset, we would delete it immediately after compilation.
- mkoubaa 2y agoHaving no code corresponding to the software in service is a bigger liability than having it