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Whatever 'Clean Code' you write now, it'll be shit eventually and in need of a complete rewrite (programming.dev)

submitted 3 months ago by RonSijm to c/programmer_humor

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I almost pulled my hair out when I read that section. One is super obvious without any prior experience with the code. The other is an obscure abomination only he can understand. He’s obviously super proud of his abomination and thinks it’s a prime example of “clean code”.

[–] JackbyDev 8 points 3 months ago

It's also a good example of how being too dogmatic about function length can hide important details.