Re:Want to Recruit Better Engineers? Open Source Your Code
by CathyWest on Tuesday November 20, 2018 @04:17AM
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> Refactoring your code to be as simple as possible
> Following style conventions for names, whitespace, etc.
> Replacing private information with environment variables
> Commenting your code to contextualize snippets within your broader codebase.
While I do wish more software was released under a FOSS license, I also wish that these points were a given for any codebase regardless of license or source disclosure policy. I really don't think you can be agile no matter how many agile-trademarked tools and processes you pile on top of your project if you don't do this first.
> Following style conventions for names, whitespace, etc.
> Replacing private information with environment variables
> Commenting your code to contextualize snippets within your broader codebase.
While I do wish more software was released under a FOSS license, I also wish that these points were a given for any codebase regardless of license or source disclosure policy. I really don't think you can be agile no matter how many agile-trademarked tools and processes you pile on top of your project if you don't do this first.