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Re:Ask HN: How do you become productive in a new project as ... by WrtCdEvrydy on Tuesday May 23, 2017 @01:53PM (#14403447)
Note, I did not say "commit to Production". Just set up the feature branch and tear it apart. Most code out there has 0 comments and uses conventions from when it was written (god help you if it's a legacy product)
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Re:Ask HN: How do you become productive in a new project as ... by gjjrfcbugxbhf on Tuesday May 23, 2017 @02:34PM (#14403891)
In that case this is a good idea... I apologize for my skeptism. I've experienced the someone doing this and then committing to production though - I left that team as soon as possible...
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Re:Ask HN: How do you become productive in a new project as ... by WrtCdEvrydy on Wednesday May 24, 2017 @11:45AM (#14410858)
Yeah, that is super sketchy.

Nah, I usually just do a feature branch, refactor items with better stuff and we can then cherry-pick anything that's sexy and still fits our business needs once we've talked it over.

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