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The notion of holding a Code Purge Day (as Quora did) is excellent. Searching out and removing cruft in the code base results in a benefit that's hard to measur
by zedpm 12y ago
The notion of holding a Code Purge Day (as Quora did) is excellent. Searching out and removing cruft in the code base results in a benefit that's hard to measure but easy to understand. Having more compact code without confusing distractions leads to easier comprehension and ought to make for faster bug fixes.
- aswanson 12y agoExactly. The best line of code is the one you dont have to write. The second best is the one you can delete.
- hawkice 12y agoMy favorite aphorism for this is "There's no code like no code."
- arthurjj 12y agoOne of the neat things my company does is give out a monthly award for person who (net) deleted the most code that month. It's in the form of a little rubber duck called the deletion-ducky. Competition can get pretty fierce for it. The nice thing about it being monthly, instead of one off, is that it keeps simplicity in the front of everyone's mind