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That's a bit like saying "Why buy car insurance? Just learn to not get in accidents" or "Why learn high level languages? Just learn to write assembly code tha
by j_baker 17y ago
That's a bit like saying "Why buy car insurance? Just learn to not get in accidents" or "Why learn high level languages? Just learn to write assembly code that doesn't suck".
Let me share a secret with you: developers are human beings. They make stupid mistakes.
- hs 17y agocar insurance doesn't automagically make you accident-proof. driving defensively is a better approach -- you probably will never need insurance. that's why insurance companies give discounts to those who took defensive-driving course.
- j_baker 17y agoHere's an idea: take defensive driving and get insurance. Or to make this applicable to the subject at hand, write unit tests and write maintainable code. It's surprising how much doing both increases the effectiveness of either.