Re:How to Design Software Good
by hailk on Friday November 09, 2018 @06:37AM
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For a long time, I kept pushing deadlines because I wanted to write things the "right way". At the end a code that doesn't reach its destination on time or doesn't do what it should be doing is useless, no matter how well written. A good engineer knows when to obsess over code quality and when to look the other way.
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Agree. It helps to cut your software-chops or steer yourself into an industry where software is an overhead, rather than the main product (said in the best possible manner).
For example, controller software attached to a turbine engine. What I said above is especially true in those scenarios and is actually quite folly to do more than necessary in the name of software perfection. Plus unnecessary complication hurts brains :)