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Whatever 'Clean Code' you write now, it'll be shit eventually and in need of a complete rewrite
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best think like grug
grug even have whole section just for refactor code
This hits too close to home.
New code is O(n log n), but the time benefits only kicks in when n is above 1 trillion. Otherwise it’s much slower.
And 90% of the time, n is about 3
and 99.9% of the time it is less than 10
I feel like this is a perfect encapsulation of how an experienced self-aware developer thinks. Experience really beats the hard stances out of you. I find myself saying “it depends” and “a bit of column A, bit of column B” often, like a cheap kids toy
Programming is the gradual collection of mantras.
Finally, a development philosophy that sounds unambiguously correct.