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Re:Absolute truths I unlearned as junior developer by leibnitz27 on Friday June 07, 2019 @10:32AM (#20124880)
Way back in the day, my boss made a lovely observation - 'write your code like it's going to be maintained by an axe murderer who has your home address, and nothing to lose.'

Simple guidelines to live your life by ;)

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Re:Absolute truths I unlearned as junior developer by kps on Friday June 07, 2019 @11:42AM (#20125687)
Attribution: “Always code as if the guy who ends up maintaining your code will be a violent psychopath who knows where you live.” — John F Woods, 1991 in comp.lang.c++¹

(I do not know who first replied, ‘I do know where I live.’)

¹ https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/comp.lang.c++/rYCO5yn4...

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Re:Absolute truths I unlearned as junior developer by forgone on Friday June 07, 2019 @10:49AM (#20125106)
Did he call it "his" observation? I am yet to find a likeable person quoting this.
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