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Why would it be? I'd say it's the opposite. I someone keeps fiddling with the code majority of the time, it means they don't know what they are doing.
by varispeed 1y ago
Why would it be? I'd say it's the opposite. I someone keeps fiddling with the code majority of the time, it means they don't know what they are doing.
- zelphirkalt 1y agoNew requirements, new features, old bugs being fixed, refactoring code to improve maintainability, writing tests for edge cases previously not discovered, adapting code for different kinds of deployment, ... Many reasons to touch existing code.
- varispeed 1y agoDepending on the workplace, refactoring or bug fixing is not something you just do. You have to create a ticket, meet with other members, discuss approach, scope, prioritise and only play when it is ready to pick up. The touching of the code is small fraction of that time. Still, to write few hundred lines, doesn't take a whole week.
- zelphirkalt 1y agoA few hundred lines of CRUD, maybe not, a few hundred lines of algorithmic code or hard business logic (rare)? That can take more than a week.