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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] 62 points 3 months ago (7 children)

best think like grug

grug even have whole section just for refactor code

[–] popcar2 29 points 3 months ago (3 children)

inexperienced big brain developer see nested loop and often say "O(n^2)? Not on my watch!"

complexity demon spirit smile

This hits too close to home.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 3 months ago (2 children)

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.

[–] Beanie 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

And 90% of the time, n is about 3

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

and 99.9% of the time it is less than 10

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