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Likewise. I finally gathered the courage to start open sourcing code recently, I figure that if the code I'm writing is shit then it's going to be shit whether
by citricsquid 14y ago
Likewise. I finally gathered the courage to start open sourcing code recently, I figure that if the code I'm writing is shit then it's going to be shit whether it's on my hard drive or on github and the advantages of having code out there are worth the potential ridicule... but still I find myself prefacing everything with a disclaimer, "I was tired when I wrote this" or "This isn't the best code" just to give myself a get out if someone does decide to tear apart the quality of my code.
- rozap 14y agoA completely agree here. Even though I get complimented at work about code quality, I just feel like the open source community is somehow "more serious". Like, what if I'm doing this whole coding thing completely wrong?
- talmand 14y agoYou shouldn't write those type of things. I mean, you can comment about potential problems in the code and whatnot, but don't disclaimer your code like that before anyone even complains about it. Most of the "your code sucks" comments is based more around you didn't do things like they would have. Such as: "You didn't use OO principles the way I interpret them so you suck." "You used that library/framework/language that I hate so you suck." "You're not coding in my *nix flavor with my choice of IDE so you suck." "Your project does something I already do with this other project so you suck." Rarely do I see actual constructive comments on how the person in question can get better. At this point I'd rather communicate with a bunch of nobodies and learn together than follow somebodies that ridicule someone for trying.