Re:It Takes 6 Days to Change 1 Line of Code (2015)
by dpritchett on Tuesday December 06, 2016 @08:06PM
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"Leave it better than you found it" is one thing, but "perfect everything you touch or don't touch it at all" is another, vastly more expensive and high-friction thing.
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Re:It Takes 6 Days to Change 1 Line of Code (2015)
by x0x0 on Tuesday December 06, 2016 @08:59PM
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And hard rules like config files vs hard-coded constants reeks of fetishization of process and rules over judgement. If something has been modified once in 10 years, with no near-term modifications planned, hard coding it seems pretty reasonable.