Re:Beware of Developers Who Do Negative Work
by Aeolun on Monday December 19, 2016 @01:20AM
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I mean, if you understand spaghetti code just as easily as any other code, why wouldn't you write it? It would make no difference to them.
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Re:Beware of Developers Who Do Negative Work
by MAGZine on Monday December 19, 2016 @03:00AM
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What is this reasoning?
If you know the right way and wrong way to build a bridge, you'd build it wrong, because it makes no difference?
Re:Beware of Developers Who Do Negative Work
by falsedan on Monday December 19, 2016 @03:31AM
(#13210238)
More like, if you know English and Latin, why not blog in Latin, since it makes no difference to your ability to enjoy your posts.
Re:Beware of Developers Who Do Negative Work
by user5994461 on Monday December 19, 2016 @09:56AM
(#13211748)
So, the question that makes the difference should whether he writes blog for himself or for his readers?
[replace "blog" by "code"]
Re:Beware of Developers Who Do Negative Work
by falsedan on Monday December 19, 2016 @11:21AM
(#13212396)
Anyone can read their blog! Since anyone can learn Latin, if they feel like it.
(Yes, I know I'm representing a terrible argument.)
Re:Beware of Developers Who Do Negative Work
by flukus on Monday December 19, 2016 @04:05AM
(#13210343)
It's a lack of reasoning, if it's not causing any issue's why change? The rest of us write good code because we're to dumb to read bad code.
Re:Beware of Developers Who Do Negative Work
by guitarbill on Monday December 19, 2016 @05:29AM
(#13210593)
No, the reasoning is why build it to handle 600% specified load (and higher cost) if 150% specified load is sufficient?
(Not that there aren't good reasons to do this. Especially for public infrastructure which might be around for a shockingly large time. But predicting future usage is very difficult. For a small start-up, it's fair to err on the side of leaner/fix-it later IMO)