> Whether a person can become a good coder isn't determined by how he writes code, it's how he reacts to the feedback he gets. Quoted for emphasis. My first r

> Whether a person can become a good coder isn't determined by how he writes code, it's how he reacts to the feedback he gets. Quoted for emphasis. My first recursive postgresql function was crap. I recently learned that it became a DoS vector at 3 layers deep because I had horribly flawed logic. I spent an hour the other night refactoring it. The cruelest feedback comes not from mortals, but from the harsh production environments which do not tell you what is wrong, but merely go offline.