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I would say that much of my code starts out stupid and, hopefully, becomes better with refinement.
by codazoda 1y ago
I would say that much of my code starts out stupid and, hopefully, becomes better with refinement.
- mock-possum 1y agoFirst do it, then do it right, then do it better.
- amatecha 1y agoYeah! That's great, thank you! I will share this quote with a couple people with whom I've discussed this topic recently :)
- ctxc 1y agoThe more popular quote ime is "make it work, make it right, make it fast" (1983!) https://wiki.c2.com/?MakeItWorkMakeItRightMakeItFast https://wiki.c2.com/?MakeItWorkMakeItRightMakeItFast
- jama211 1y agoOr just ship it, always an option
- deltarholamda 1y agoThe graphic design version of this is "Get it done, make it beautiful," but it works for code too. I used to get hung up on things like doing a loop when a ternary operator would work. "Somebody is going to see this and be rude about it." But sometimes you write code how you're thinking about the problem at the time. And if you think of it as a loop, or a series of if statements, or whatever, do it that way. If it makes you feel better, note it in a comment to revisit later. And if somebody is rude about it, so what. It's not theirs, it's yours.