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Rewriting code to be more compact is orthogonal to productivity.
by hhjinks 4mo ago
Rewriting code to be more compact is orthogonal to productivity.
- jtbayly 4mo agoWhich is not what is being discussed. Often rewriting code to make it more understandable makes everybody more productive.
- tauroid 4mo agoIn a similar way to how a radial burn (https://space.stackexchange.com/questions/44608/what-happens-to-orbit-after-a-radial-burn https://space.stackexchange.com/questions/44608/what-happens...) may be orthogonal to your trajectory but still may be necessary to avoid becoming a fireball in half an orbit's time.
- bryanrasmussen 4mo agoyou have evidently been blessed to work only in places with acceptable level of quality code and above.
- LtWorf 4mo agoOr he's the one bringing down quality and productivity.
- risyachka 4mo agoSimplification usually requires the most effort and results in simple and elegant systems easy to understand and maintain with reduced error surface. So overall increases productivity by a lot
- dijksterhuis 4mo agonon-coding manager spotted
- e12e 4mo agoHow so? Let's say that over a year, a given section of code needs to be read and understood once a month. Taking some time to keep the code succinct and free of distraction will increase productivity all those occasions, as well as the rest of the lifetime of the system. Say the next decade. How is that not efficient?
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