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I think you missed the spot. "Just remove the duck" is a pattern not an anti-pattern. What it addresses is the urge of some supervisors to ask for some change j
by myth_buster 12y ago
I think you missed the spot. "Just remove the duck" is a pattern not an anti-pattern. What it addresses is the urge of some supervisors to ask for some change just to show that they have done a thorough review, while the said change are actually detrimental to the product.
> memory leaks, off-by-one errors, and mis-spelled variable names
The above don't fall into the review comments that are being avoided as these are valuable suggestions.
- ryandrake 12y agoNo, I get the _intended_ meaning of the story, putting a decoy in for that meddlesome boss. But I think it can be interpreted both ways. For every manager out there who, out of hubris, needs to "leave their mark," you can find an artist or craftsman who, out of the same hubris, believes their work is beyond criticism.
- myth_buster 12y agoI agree with your above comment while the previous comment was leaning towards one side. > story was a condemnation of the artist, not the manager