Goodbye, Clean Code

Re:Goodbye, Clean Code by hyperpallium on Saturday January 11, 2020 @11:25PM (#22024474)

Rules are a poor substitute for actual thought.

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Re:Goodbye, Clean Code by thunderbong on Sunday January 12, 2020 @12:11AM (#22024616)

> Rules are a poor substitute for actual thought.

This should be the guiding principle of life!

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Re:Goodbye, Clean Code by HomeDeLaPot on Sunday January 12, 2020 @12:15AM (#22024628)

The guiding principle... a rule, so to speak!

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Re:Goodbye, Clean Code by NegativeLatency on Sunday January 12, 2020 @02:03AM (#22024956)

Everything in moderation, even moderation itself.

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Re:Goodbye, Clean Code by speedplane on Sunday January 12, 2020 @05:32AM (#22025580)

> Everything in moderation, even moderation itself.

This was my guiding principle in life, and I thought I was pretty clever for coming up with it, but later found out that someone far more clever got a lock on the phrase in history: https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/22688-everything-in-moderat...

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Re:Goodbye, Clean Code by a1369209993 on Sunday January 12, 2020 @06:02PM (#22030303)

No, no, no; it's "Everything in moderation, especially moderation.". :)

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Re:Goodbye, Clean Code by Stratoscope on Sunday January 12, 2020 @03:49AM (#22025234)

Really? I'm sure you know that all generalities are false.

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Re:Goodbye, Clean Code by antonvs on Monday January 13, 2020 @10:55PM (#22041701)

Only a Sith speaks in absolutes

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Re:Goodbye, Clean Code by pvorb on Sunday January 12, 2020 @03:18AM (#22025156)

You nailed it. I will print this and hang it on the wall in our office.

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Re:Goodbye, Clean Code by he0001 on Sunday January 12, 2020 @02:55AM (#22025099)

I thought rules were a way of organizing thought, like a language which is governed by rules.

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