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I've experienced this, but there's a problem. I don't remember where I read it, but there's a programming rule I picked up somewhere. It's something along the

I've experienced this, but there's a problem. I don't remember where I read it, but there's a programming rule I picked up somewhere. It's something along the lines of, "Debugging is harder than programming, so if you program the cleverest code you can, you won't be able to debug it." I've written killer code while moderately drunk, but if you need to modify or fix any, you may as well just do a rewrite. It'll save time.

dfranke 19y ago
That's nonsense, though. Debugging is much, much easier than programming.
- motoko 19y ago
  Debugging is tedious, non-determinate, and requires a lot of knowledge recall. Not usually "requiring creativity or higher level thought"
asdflkj 19y ago
Contradiction, there. If you can't modify or fix the code, it's not "killer".
- derefr 19y ago
  It might be an overloaded "killer", with both the idiomatic and literal senses in mind.