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A comment on Ask HN: How to do freelance work that is reclaimable?.

Re:Ask HN: How to do freelance work that is reclaimable? by gregjor on Saturday November 24, 2018 @03:28AM (#18521075)
Write clean, simple code. Don’t over-engineer. Use version control. Document design decisions, dependencies that aren’t obvious, and installation/build instructions, and keep those current. Did I mention USE VERSION CONTROL?

My freelance business is taking over legacy software when the original developers quit, get fired, stop answering emails.

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Re:Ask HN: How to do freelance work that is reclaimable? by leowoo91 on Saturday November 24, 2018 @04:06AM (#18521187)
I like your points, I assume I will do all. "Document design decisions" is new for me, I will look for standards for that.
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