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Dumb, readable code is infinitely better than clever: Coding horrors (digma.ai)

submitted 11 months ago by LadyLeeLoosh to c/programming

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CODEBASE COMPLEXITY: LESSONS LEARNED Dumb, readable code is infinitely better than clever.

Don’t listen to vendors blaming the hardware and recommending expensive server upgrades.

Be aware of the danger of shortcuts and the importance of understanding how code works under the hood.

Opening and closing a database connection is a slow and expensive operation.

Consider the potential risks and implications when installing new npm modules or importing someone else’s code.

Beware of teammates who refactor code based on personal taste without proper documentation or completeness.

Ensure code changes are well-documented.

Be cautious of colleagues who make undocumented changes that create subtle traps for others.

Improve the code review processes to address flaws.

Acknowledge that even big companies like Facebook can make mistakes, as seen in their DNS record issue on October 4, 2021.

Don’t ever be the guy who accidentally breaks something on prod.

Broken code is fixable. People, now, that’s another story.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Some genius programmer made a totally new shine kernel for the scientific app we had, using template metaprogramming. I had to finalise it. I still nightmare about the errors (GCC 4.8).

If you think C++ is easy, then this is a simple trick to bump up the challenge IMO.

Also completely unmaintainable or expandable ofc!

[–] LadyLeeLoosh 8 points 11 months ago (2 children)

“There are only two kinds of programming languages: the ones people complain about and the ones nobody uses.” This is a famous quote attributed to Bjarne Stroustrup, the creator of C++.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Well, technically I didn't complain about a programming language, but an abuse of it.

I like C/C++ !

[–] LadyLeeLoosh 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Me too:)

[–] leggettc18 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Same here, might just be because I learned with Object Oriented languages but C++ syntax just gels well with how I think. That could just be autism though.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

I dunno if it's autism since I despise C++ lmao

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

I don't use C++ and I complain about it all the time. Never have I had a project that couldn't be completed in equal or better accuracy in something other than C++, and the amount of development time it adds on just to use the damn thing is prohibitive. Let alone fast compilation for iterative design, or reduction in boilerplate. I feel the only thing C++ has is seniority and a smidgen of performance, and performance is rapidly being approached or exceeded by projects like rust.

I think there are two types of programming languages:

Good ones that are expressive and readable, like you need from a language.

And

Things that sorely need replacement.

Sorry, I just really fucking hate that quote. It's so pretentious and stupid, and doesn't allow for the development of anything new unless people don't like it. Programmers are surprisingly conservative.