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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 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 61 points 2 months ago (3 children)

best think like grug

grug even have whole section just for refactor code

[–] [email protected] 28 points 2 months ago (1 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 2 months ago (1 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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

And 90% of the time, n is about 3

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

and 99.9% of the time it is less than 10

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Programming is the gradual collection of mantras.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

Finally, a development philosophy that sounds unambiguously correct.